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An instrument designed to record polarization in the region 120-150 nm of the solar spectrum was launched on the satellite Intercosmos-16, July 27, 1976. The aim was to search for resonance-line polarization that is caused by coherent scattering. Oblique reflections at gold-and aluminium-coated mirrors in the instrument were used to analyze the polarization. The average polarization of the La solar limb was found to be less than 1%. It is indicated how future improved VUV polarization measurements may be a diagnostic tool for chromospheric and coronal magnetic fields and for the three-dimensional geometry of the emitting structures.

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