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DS-U3-S satellite
DS-U3-S satellite (Cosmos 166). Other satellites in the DS-U3 series had a similar appearance.Credit: © Mark Wade. 38,064 bytes. 580 x 391 pixels. |
Class: Solar. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: KBYu. Specialized orbital solar observatory for measuring solar rays in mulitple spectral zones.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 360 kg.
DS-U3-S Chronology
16 June 1967
Cosmos 166 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 357 kg. Perigee: 288 km. Apogee: 555 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Solar radiation data. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
05 July 1968
Cosmos 230 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 367 kg. Perigee: 287 km. Apogee: 546 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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