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Credit - Yuzhnoye
Class: Earth. Type: Ionosphere. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Ukraine. Agency: MO SSSR. Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye.

Studied the optical characteristics of the atmosphere. Radiation observatory; 8 telescopes.

Typical orbit: 255 km x 403 km at 48 degrees inclination. Mass: 385 kg (848 lb).

DS-U1-A Chronology
  • 1965 June 22 - Scientific Kosmos satellites approved. - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2.
    Ministry of General Machine Building (MOM) Decree 'On Preparations in 1965-66 of 18 Small Unifunctional Earth Satellites for Carrying out Scientific Investigations-creation of small scientific satellites at OKB-586' was issued.

  • 1968 April 18 - Cosmos 215 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/4. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 385 kg (848 lb). Perigee: 255 km (158 mi). Apogee: 403 km (250 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 91.00 min.
    Studied the optical characteristics of the atmosphere. Radiation observatory; eight telescopes.

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.
  • Siddiqi, Asif A, The Soviet Space Race With Apollo, University Press of Florida, 2003.
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