Prognoz Mission Overview
Prognoz is the name of the former-Soviet Earth-research satellites meant
to study processes of solar activity, their influence on interplanetary environment and the
Earth magnetosphere.
Prognoz 10 was launched on 26 April 1985 into a 4-day orbit with an initial perigee/apogee
of 5975/194734 km and an inclination of 65 deg. During flight Prognoz was sun-oriented with
its lengthwise axis. The ~875-kg spacecraft carried the following complement of instruments:
- Plasma Spectrometer (BIFRAM)
- 3-component Magnetometer (SG-76)
- Low-frequency Fluctuations Analyzer (BUDVAR-VLF)
- a set of charged particle experiments (ECHNUV) which include
- proton energy spectrometer (DOK-I)
- electron energy spectrometer (AKME and DOR)
- isotropic nuclei-composition telescope
- an X-ray Photometer (RF-2P)
For further details please refer to the Space Research Institute (IKI)
Prognoz Spacecraft page.