Descripción : This spacecraft was a follow-on to Intercosmos 2, but was intended for higher latitudes. It was designed to obtain data on:
(1) the concentration of electrons and positive ions in the immediate vicinity of the spacecraft while in orbit;
(2) the electron temperature and the total electron column concentration (between the satellite and the earth`s surface) at various points in flight; and,
(3) particle streams of electrons with energies >40 KeV and protons with energies >1 MeV.

The spacecraft contained a Bulgarian-made ion trap as well as sensing and measuring equipment made in East Germany and Czechoslovakia. The majority of on-board equipment was Soviet.

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INTERCOSMOS 9 · DS-U2-IK #3, KOPERNIK 500 · KOSMOS-2