The device burned up in the atmosphere Wednesday evening, after left in high earth orbit.
The Forecast program was launched in 1960 for astrophysical research. Overall, the programme was launched ten spacecraft, the first of which was sent into space in 1972 and the last in 1985.
These devices are revolved around the Earth on a very elongated orbits. As close to the planet the point is located at a distance of 500-1000 km from the surface of the planet, and most distant in 200-700 thousand kilometers.
Directly Forecast-6 was launched to study cosmic magnetic fields, and various forms of solar radiation and solar wind plasma. One of the key objectives was to study the effects of solar flares on the magnetosphere of the Earth and surrounding space.
