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DS-U2-MP
Credit - Yuzhnoye
Class: Earth. Type: Micrometeoroid. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Ukraine. Agency: MO SSSR. Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye.

Studied cosmic dust particles in near-Earth space.

Typical orbit: 254 km x 623 km at 48 degrees inclination. Mass: 356 kg (784 lb).

DS-U2-MP Chronology
  • 1966 December 12 - Cosmos 135 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 355 kg (782 lb). Perigee: 253 km (157 mi). Apogee: 648 km (402 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 93.60 min.
    Studied cosmic dust particles in near-Earth space.

  • 1967 June 5 - Cosmos 163 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: LC86/1. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 357 kg (787 lb). Perigee: 255 km (158 mi). Apogee: 598 km (371 mi). Inclination: 48.30 deg. Period: 93.10 min.
    Studied cosmic dust particles in near-Earth space.

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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