Intercosmos -1 (1970)

Landscapes on the background of the rising sun.

The building of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

Photos of participants of the meeting of representatives of socialist countries on cooperation in the field of space exploration and exploration.

The text of A.N. Kosygin's letter to the heads of governments of socialist countries, excerpts from the letter.

Photos of the capitals of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, newspaper reports on the launch of the Intercosmos-1 satellite (combined shooting).

The head of the experiment, Professor S. Mandelstam, talks about the content of the scientific program of the Intercosmos-1 satellite, the study of ultraviolet and X-ray radiation from the sun, the significance of these studies for understanding the physical processes occurring on the surface of the sun, about the tasks of the Intercosmos-1 satellite (synchronously and behind the scenes).

The sun before sunset.

View of a part of the solar corona.

Diagram of types of solar radiation.

View of the Intercosmos-1 satellite.

A satellite during tests at the cosmodrome.

Checking the operation of satellite nodes and solar panels.

Placing a satellite in a pressure chamber to test the tightness of satellite systems.

Signboard of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

View of the Institute building.

The scientific equipment of the satellite, created in Czechoslovakia, the USSR and the GDR.

Czechoslovak engineers B. Komarek and J. Sorel discuss with the Soviet physicist I.P. Tindo the device of an X-ray photometer and an X-ray polarimeter.

Scientists discuss the device of an alpha photometer developed in the GDR, the faces of scientists.

German scientists L. Martini and B. Stark check the operation of a miniature ionization chamber created by them.

Colleagues from the Physics Institute named after

Lebedev helps German scientists to calibrate the ionization chamber.

Scientists are checking the operation of the antenna for receiving signals from the GDR transmitter located on the satellite.

German engineer R. Hersh introduces Soviet specialists to the antenna device.

Hersh adjusts the receiving equipment of the station.

The satellite "Intercosmos-1" in the hangar of the cosmodrome during the last check.

Scientists are checking an X-ray polarimeter and a heliograph.

Dr.

Fischer is in charge of testing German equipment.

Monitoring the passage of commands that will control flight modes.

The faces of the test participants.

Czechoslovak scientists are checking devices made in Czechoslovakia.

Dr.

Valnicek directs the trials.

Operation of control devices and recorders.

German scientist G. Fischer and Soviet engineer I. Lysenko, Czechoslovak scientist B. Valnicek and Soviet physicist I. Tindo study the data of control devices.

Meeting of the heads of the national coordinating bodies who arrived at the cosmodrome before the launch of the satellite, the persons of the participants of the meeting.

Engineer Lysenko reports on the readiness of the satellite's service systems.

Dr.

Valnicek talks about the tasks and successful tests of Czechoslovak scientific equipment.

Dr.

Fischer reports on the serviceability and readiness of the German onboard instruments, the faces of the speakers and participants of the meeting.

The face of the Soviet physicist I. Zhitnik during the report.

The Chairman of the Council for Scientific Cooperation, Academician Petrov, speaks at the meeting, the faces of the meeting participants.

Installation of a protective fabric covering on the satellite to reduce the influence of space cold and sunlight.

Installation of the satellite in the body of the launch vehicle.

Soviet and foreign scientists and engineers are watching the progress of the docking of the satellite with the last stage of the launch vehicle.

View of the satellite part.

Engineers are conducting a final check.

Dr.

Fischer and Dr.

Valnicek inspect devices manufactured in the GDR and Czechoslovakia.

Installation of a thermal screen to protect scientific instruments from direct sunlight.

Installing the fairing on the satellite, engineers check the accuracy and tightness of the fairing.

View of the rocket stage with a satellite inside before being sent to the launch pad.

Sunrise in the steppe.

Transportation of a rocket stage with a satellite to the launch pad.

The sun rises from the horizon.

Installation of the launch vehicle on the launch pad.

Representatives of the national coordinating bodies go to the launch pad.

Foreign guests inspect the launch vehicle.

The launch vehicle at the start, the faces of foreign guests.

Foreign guests leave the launch pad.

View of the upper part of the launch vehicle with a satellite on board on October 14, 1969.

The state flags of the USSR and the socialist countries participating in the Intercosmos program are flying on the flagpoles, optical devices at the observation post.

Binoculars prepared for the guests are on the tables.

Switching on the launch preparation equipment at the command post.

Foreign guests gather at the observation post, Professor Mandelstam talks with the guests.

The launch vehicle is at the start.

Submission of the latest launch commands at the control point.

Guests wear dark glasses.

The launch vehicle is at the start.

Foreign guests at the observation post.

The operator at the command post presses the "Start" button.

Launch of the launch vehicle.

The launch vehicle is in flight.

Foreign guests watch the flight with binoculars and special stereo telescopes.

The contrail from the rocket that took the calculated course.

Participants of the international space experiment congratulate each other on its successful start.

The Intercosmos-1 satellite is in flight in outer space, the sun is above the horizon.

Orientation of the satellite in outer space.

Types of observatory in the mountains.

Aiming telescopes at the target.

An antenna for receiving signals from a satellite.

A satellite in outer space.

The operator starts a communication session.

The antenna turns in the right direction.

A satellite in space.

Recording of parting data using a recorder.

The process of receiving signals from the satellite.

Astronomers are observing a satellite in space.

The sun at the moment of the eclipse.

The head of the experiment from the USSR speaks about the results of the space experiment, about obtaining various data concerning solar radiation, the atmosphere and high-altitude aerosols, about the prospects for joint space research.

Launch of the launch vehicle with the Intercosmos-1 satellite on board.

Foreign guests at the observation post.

The launch vehicle is in flight.