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Class: Technology. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MO SSSR. Manufacturer: VNIIEM.

Early Cosmos satellite, evidently using the Yuzhnoye DS satellite bus. Payload developed by the VNIIEM to test electric gyrodyne orientation systems.

Typical orbit: 241 x 485 km, 48.9 deg inclinaton. Mass: 347 kg (765 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1.

Omega Chronology

1963 April 13 - Cosmos 14 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Perigee: 250 km (150 mi). Apogee: 410 km (250 mi). Inclination: 48.90 deg. Period: 91.10 min.
Tested VNIIEM electric gyrodyne satellite orientation technology.

1963 December 13 - Cosmos 23 - Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 2. Mass: 347 kg (765 lb). Perigee: 232 km (144 mi). Apogee: 560 km (340 mi). Inclination: 48.90 deg. Period: 92.40 min.
Tested VNIIEM electric gyrodyne satellite orientation technology.

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.

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