DS-U2-MT

DS-U2-MT
Credit - Yuzhnoye

Class: Astronomy. Type: Gamma Ray. Nation: Ukraine. Agency: MO SSSR. Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye.

Measured micrometeoroid impacts and gamma rays.

Typical orbit: 487 km x 510 km at 69 degrees inclination. Mass: 680 kg (1,490 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

DS-U2-MT Chronology

1971 December 2 - Cosmos 461 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M. Mass: 680 kg (1,490 lb). Perigee: 487 km (302 mi). Apogee: 510 km (310 mi). Inclination: 69.00 deg. Period: 94.60 min.
Measured micrometeoroid impacts and gamma rays.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Agapov, V, Novosti Kosmonavtiki, "K zapusku pervovo ISZ serii 'DS'", 1997, Issue 6.

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

USAF Satellite Database, USAF Institute of Technology, 1995. Accessed at: ftp://archive.afit.af.mil/pub/space/.

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