Interkosmos-1 Satellite Model

Impressive model of the Interkosmos-1 solar satellite, standing approximately 25.5" in height with a set of eight solar arrays extending to a length of 14". The satellite is suspended atop an attractive metal base measuring 7.25" in diameter. In fine condition, with an adhesive fix to an instrument on upper structure, which also appears to be missing a central piece, and some adhesive remnants to bottom four solar panels.
On October 14, 1969, the first solar satellite in the Interkosmos space program launched into orbit from the Kasputin Yar Cosmodrome between Stalingrad and Astrakhan. The Interkosmos-1 satellite, cooperatively developed between the German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union, was designed to study short-wave radiation emanating from the Sun and its effects upon the Earth's upper atmosphere. Its data revealed the polarization of the solar X-ray radiation and helped in the study of the distribution of oxygen in the Earth's upper atmosphere.