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Manufacturer's Designation: 13KS. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Manufacturer: Kozlov. Adaptation of recoverable Vostok spacecraft for investigation of primary cosmic radiation and meteoritic particles in near-earth outer space. Two such spacecraft were launched in the 1970's to study high-energy cosmic rays. The scientific equipment carried measured 1.5 m x 1.145 m x 0.85 m.
Design Life: 8 days. Typical orbit: 210.7 km x 251.8 km at 51.8 degrees inclination. Mass: 5,886 kg (12,976 lb). Payload: 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U, Voskhod 11A57.
Energia Chronology
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