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

Studied the influence of the ionosphere on passing VLF radio waves.

Typical orbit: 213 km x 1310 km at 48 degrees inclination. Mass: 300 kg (660 lb).

DS-U2-I Chronology
  • 1966 May 24 - Cosmos 119 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 250 kg (550 lb). Perigee: 209 km (129 mi). Apogee: 1,278 km (794 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 99.70 min.
    Studied the influence of the ionosphere on passing VLF radio waves.

  • 1967 February 14 - Cosmos 142 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 315 kg (694 lb). Perigee: 216 km (134 mi). Apogee: 1,320 km (820 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 100.10 min.
    Studied the influence of the ionosphere on passing VLF radio waves.

  • 1968 December 14 - Cosmos 259 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/4. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 325 kg (716 lb). Perigee: 215 km (133 mi). Apogee: 1,331 km (827 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 100.20 min.
    Studied the influence of the ionosphere on passing VLF radio waves.

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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