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Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Ukraine. Agency: MO SSSR. Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye.

Payload developed by the VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems. Also studied variations in the intensity of cosmic rays.

Typical orbit: 240 km x 511 km at 49 degrees inclination. Mass: 340 kg (740 lb).

DS-MT Chronology

1963 June 1 - DS-MT s/n 1 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Mayak-2. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. FAILURE: First stage failed 4 seconds after launch.
Payload developed by the VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems. Also studied variations in the intensity of cosmic rays.

1964 June 6 - Cosmos 31 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Mayak-2. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 325 kg (716 lb). Perigee: 221 km (137 mi). Apogee: 485 km (301 mi). Inclination: 48.90 deg. Period: 91.70 min.
Payload developed by the VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems. Also studied variations in the intensity of cosmic rays.

1964 December 9 - Cosmos 51 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 350 kg (770 lb). Perigee: 258 km (160 mi). Apogee: 537 km (333 mi). Inclination: 48.80 deg. Period: 92.60 min.
Payload developed by the VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems. Also studied variations in the intensity of cosmic rays, and measured the luminosity of the starry sky.

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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