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Class: Technology. Type: Military. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: KBYu. Military technology development satellite - mission still classified.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 320 kg.
DS-U2-V Chronology
19 October 1965
Cosmos 93 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1M. Mass: 305 kg. Perigee: 216 km. Apogee: 513 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
04 November 1965
Cosmos 95 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1M. Mass: 325 kg. Perigee: 211 km. Apogee: 521 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
26 December 1967
Cosmos 197 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 325 kg. Perigee: 217 km. Apogee: 486 km. Inclination: 48.4 deg. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space.
20 February 1968
Cosmos 202 Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar . Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K63. Mass: 325 kg. Perigee: 210 km. Apogee: 488 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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