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Class: Earth. Type: Ionosphere. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: KBYu. Studied the relationship between variations in the upper atmosphere and solar activity.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 355 kg.
DS-U1-G Chronology
11 February 1966
Cosmos 108 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1. Mass: 355 kg. Perigee: 220 km. Apogee: 850 km. Inclination: 48.8 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
19 December 1967
Cosmos 196 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 352 kg. Perigee: 220 km. Apogee: 869 km. Inclination: 48.7 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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