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

Studied charged particle flows.

Typical orbit: 217 km x 1732 km at 49 degrees inclination. Mass: 300 kg (660 lb).

DS-U2-D Chronology
  • 1966 December 21 - Cosmos 137 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 295 kg (650 lb). Perigee: 219 km (136 mi). Apogee: 1,718 km (1,067 mi). Inclination: 48.80 deg. Period: 104.40 min.
    Studied charged particle flows.

  • 1968 April 26 - Cosmos 219 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/4. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 300 kg (660 lb). Perigee: 215 km (133 mi). Apogee: 1,745 km (1,084 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 104.60 min.
    Studied charged particle flows.

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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DS-U2-D
Other satellites in the DS-U2 series had a similar appearance....
Other satellites in the DS-U2 series had a similar appearance.