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

Development tests of atomic clocks.

Typical orbit: 220 km x 2126 km at 48 degrees inclination. Mass: 260 kg (570 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63, Kosmos 63S1M.

DS-U2-M Chronology
  • 1965 November 26 - Cosmos 97 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 267 kg (588 lb). Perigee: 214 km (132 mi). Apogee: 2,144 km (1,332 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 108.90 min.

    Development tests of atomic clocks.

  • 1967 March 3 - Cosmos 145 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 250 kg (550 lb). Perigee: 226 km (140 mi). Apogee: 2,107 km (1,309 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 108.70 min.

    Development tests of atomic clocks.

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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