• Magion. - Earth Magnetosphere

• Mimosa. - Earth Atmosphere

• Lindner. - Kurt A Lindner Rocket engineer. Born 20 October 1914. Died 5 July 1960.

• Pelczak. - Oldrich Czecho Pelczak Czech Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 2 November 1943.

• Remek. - Vladimir Remek Czech Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 26 September 1948. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.93 days.

• Saenger. - Eugen Albert Saenger German Engineer. Born 22 September 1905. Died 10 February 1964.

• Seliger. - Berthold Seliger German Engineer. Born 1928.

1978 October 24 - 19:00 GMT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: LC132. Launch Pad: LC132/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M. Model: Kosmos 11K65M. LV Configuration: Kosmos 11K65M 65055-106.

• Magion 1 Program: Intercosmos. Payload: S2. Mass: 15 kg (33 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: Magion. Agency: RVSN. Perigee: 404 km (251 mi). Apogee: 762 km (473 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 96.40 min. COSPAR: 1978-099B. USAF Sat Cat: 11110. Decay Date: 1981-09-11. Ionospheric, magnetospheric studies. The Czechoslovak satellite MAGION was launched into orbit by the Soviet spacecraft Intercosmos 18. It forms a part of the scientific programme of Intercosmos 18, launched from USSR territory on 24 Oct 1978. MAGION was separated into an autonomous orbit on 14 Nov 1978. General function: Reasearch of the magnetosphere and ionosphere of the earth (magnetosphere-ionosphere satellite).References: 1, 2, 5, 6. Level: 1.

• Magion 2 Program: Intercosmos. Payload: S2-AK. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: Magion. Agency: CSSR. Perigee: 498 km (309 mi). Apogee: 2,441 km (1,516 mi). Inclination: 82.60 deg. Period: 115.30 min. COSPAR: 1989-080B. USAF Sat Cat: 20281. Deployed from Intercosmos 24 10/3/89; examined signal propogation from Intercosmos 24. Research of the magnetosphere and the ionosphere of the Earth. The Czechoslovak satellite Magion 2 was launched into orbit by the Soviet spacecraft Intercosmos 24. Magion 2 forms a part of the scientific programme of Intercosmos 24 (project Aktivnyj) Exe cution of the scientific programme of the 'Aktivny' project in conjunction with Intercosmos-24, permitting simultaneous spatially separating investigations of plasma processes in circumterrestrial space.References: 1, 2, 5, 6. Level: 1.

• Magion 3 Program: Intercosmos. Payload: S2-AP. Mass: 52 kg (114 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: Magion. Agency: Czech. Perigee: 436 km (270 mi). Apogee: 2,943 km (1,828 mi). Inclination: 82.60 deg. Period: 120.20 min. COSPAR: 1991-086E. USAF Sat Cat: 21835. Separated from Intercosmos 25 on 12/28/91; geophysical. Research of magnetosphere nad the ionosphere of the Earth by passive and active methods. Launched on 18 Dec 1991. The Czechoslovak satellite Magion 3 forms, together with the spacecraft Intercosmos 25, part of the Apex scientific project. Magion 3 was sep arated into an autonomous orbit on 28 Dec 1991. Magion 3 was launched into orbit by the Soviet spacecraft Intercosmos 25.References: 1, 2, 5, 6. Level: 1.

• Magion 4 Payload: S2. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: Magion. Agency: Czech. Perigee: 17,068 km (10,605 mi). Apogee: 175,449 km (109,018 mi). Inclination: 70.30 deg. Period: 5,454.00 min. COSPAR: 1995-039F. USAF Sat Cat: 23646. Deployed from Interbol-1 on 8/3/95; solar wind studies in conjunction with Interbol-1. References: 2, 5, 6. Level: 1.

• Magion 5 Payload: S2. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Spacecraft: Magion. Agency: RKA. Perigee: 1,366 km (848 mi). Apogee: 18,608 km (11,562 mi). Inclination: 63.60 deg. Period: 347.20 min. COSPAR: 1996-050B. USAF Sat Cat: 24292. Deployed from Interbol-2 on 8/30/96; auroral studies in conjunction with Interbol-2. References: 4. Level: 1.

• Mimosa Mass: 51 kg (112 lb). Class: Atmosphere Density. Spacecraft: Mimosa. Agency: Czech Academy of Sciences. Perigee: 316 km (196 mi). Apogee: 829 km (515 mi). Inclination: 96.80 deg. Period: 96.10 min. COSPAR: 2003-031B. USAF Sat Cat: 27841. Mimosa was a 65 kg polyhedron built by Space Devices Ltd. of Praha, and operated by the Astronomical Insitute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Astronomicky ustav AV CR). It carried an accelerometer to study atmospheric density. Level: 1.