Bulgaria 1300
Artificial satellite
Interkosmos 22, more commonly known as Bulgaria 1300, was Bulgaria's first artificial satellite.
It was named after the 1300th anniversary of the foundation of the Bulgarian state. It was designed to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere of the... Wikipedia
Launch date: August 7, 1981 at 9:35 AM EDT
Orbit height: 528 mi
Manufacturers: Space Research and Technology Institute and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43
Launch mass: 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb)
Reference system: Geocentric
Rocket: Vostok-2M