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DS-MO satellite
DS-MO satellite (Cosmos 149)Credit: © Mark Wade. 47,525 bytes. 586 x 395 pixels. |
Class: Technology. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: KBYu. Used in development of aerodynamic systems for stabilisation and orientation of spacecraft.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 375 kg.
DS-MO Chronology
21 March 1967
Cosmos 149 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 375 kg. Perigee: 246 km. Apogee: 284 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
16 January 1970
Cosmos 320 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 375 kg. Perigee: 247 km. Apogee: 326 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
Bibliography:- 2 - McDowell, Jonathan, The United Nations Registry of Space Objects, Harvard University, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/un/un.html
- 6 - JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. HTML when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html
- 99 - Agapov, V, Novosti Kosmonavtiki, "K zapusku pervovo ISZ serii 'DS'", 1997, Issue 6.
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