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DS-U2-V
Credit - Yuzhnoye

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

Military technology development satellite - mission still classified.

Typical orbit: 214 km x 502 km at 48 degrees inclination. Mass: 320 kg (700 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63, Kosmos 63S1M.

DS-U2-V Chronology

1965 October 19 - Cosmos 93 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 305 kg (672 lb). Perigee: 216 km (134 mi). Apogee: 513 km (318 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 91.80 min.
Military technology development satellite - mission still classified.

1965 November 4 - Cosmos 95 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 325 kg (716 lb). Perigee: 211 km (131 mi). Apogee: 521 km (323 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 91.90 min.
Military technology development satellite - mission still classified.

1967 December 26 - Cosmos 197 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 325 kg (716 lb). Perigee: 217 km (134 mi). Apogee: 486 km (301 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 91.50 min.
Military technology development satellite - mission still classified.

1968 February 20 - Cosmos 202 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 325 kg (716 lb). Perigee: 210 km (130 mi). Apogee: 488 km (303 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 91.50 min.
Military technology development satellite - mission still classified.

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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