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DS-K8
Credit - Yuzhnoye
Class: Earth. Type: Micrometeoroid. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Ukraine. Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye.

Detected meteoroid flux in near-earth space and carried unspecified military research equipment.

Typical orbit: 244 km x 598 km at 49 degrees inclination. Mass: 337 kg (742 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1.

DS-K-8 Chronology
  • 1962 August 18 - Cosmos 8 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 337 kg (742 lb). Perigee: 244 km (151 mi). Apogee: 598 km (371 mi). Inclination: 49.00 deg. Period: 92.90 min.

    Detected meteoroid flux in near-earth space and carried unspecified military research equipment.

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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