DS-U1-R

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

Studied spectral range of the UF.

Typical orbit: 250 km x 401 km at 48 degrees inclination. Mass: 295 kg (650 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63.

DS-U1-R Chronology

1970 April 24 - Cosmos 335 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 295 kg (650 lb). Perigee: 250 km (150 mi). Apogee: 401 km (249 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 91.00 min.
Studied spectral range of the UF.

Bibliography and Further Reading

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

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

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/.

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

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