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Class: Earth. Type: Ionosphere. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: KBYu. Studied the influence of the ionosphere on passing VLF radio waves.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 300 kg.
DS-U2-I Chronology
24 May 1966
Cosmos 119 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 250 kg. Perigee: 209 km. Apogee: 1,278 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
14 February 1967
Cosmos 142 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 315 kg. Perigee: 216 km. Apogee: 1,320 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
14 December 1968
Cosmos 259 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 325 kg. Perigee: 215 km. Apogee: 1,331 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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