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Program: Aureole. Objective: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Overview: Upper atmosphere, auroral studies. Investigation of physical phenomena in the Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes and study of the nature of auroras.
Major Events:

  • 1971 December 27 - Oreol.  Spacecraft: DS-U2-GKA. Mass: 630 kg (1,380 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3.

    Upper atmosphere, auroral studies. Investigation of physical phenomena in the Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes and study of the nature of auroras.

  • 1973 December 26 - Oreol 2.  Spacecraft: DS-U2-GKA. Mass: 550 kg (1,210 lb). Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3.

    Continued investigations in the earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes and study of the nature of polar aurorae begun on board the Oreol satellite in 1971.

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