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Credit - Yuzhnoye
Class: Astronomy. Type: Gamma Ray. Nation: Ukraine. Agency: MO SSSR. Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye.

Measured micrometeoroid impacts and gamma rays.

Typical orbit: 487 km x 510 km at 69 degrees inclination. Mass: 680 kg (1,490 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

DS-U2-MT Chronology
  • 1971 December 2 - Cosmos 461 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Mass: 680 kg (1,490 lb). Perigee: 487 km (302 mi). Apogee: 510 km (310 mi). Inclination: 69.00 deg. Period: 94.60 min.

    Measured micrometeoroid impacts and gamma rays.

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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