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Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Ukraine. Agency: MO SSSR. Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye. Payload developed by VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems. Also studied magnetosphere of the earth. Typical orbit: 264 x 424 km, 48.9 deg inclinaton. Mass: 360 kg (790 lb).
DS-MG Chronology - 1964 March 18 - Cosmos 26 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Mayak-2. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 365 kg (804 lb). Perigee: 268 km (166 mi). Apogee: 376 km (233 mi). Inclination: 48.90 deg. Period: 91.00 min.
Payload developed by VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems. Also obtained radiation data.
- 1964 October 24 - Cosmos 49 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Mayak-2. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 355 kg (782 lb). Perigee: 260 km (160 mi). Apogee: 472 km (293 mi). Inclination: 48.90 deg. Period: 91.90 min.
Payload developed by VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems. Also studied measured Earth infrared and ultraviolet flux.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- Agapov, V, Novosti Kosmonavtiki, "K zapusku pervovo ISZ serii 'DS'", 1997, Issue 6.
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Other satellites in the DS-M series had a similar appearance....
Other satellites in the DS-M series had a similar appearance. |
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