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Names | Zenit 2-32 |
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Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
Operator | OKB-1 |
COSPAR ID | 1965-103A |
SATCAT no. | 1817 |
Mission duration | 8 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4730 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 10 December 1965 08:09:00 GMT |
Rocket | Vostok-2 |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 18 December 1965 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 203 km |
Apogee altitude | 309 km |
Inclination | 65.0° |
Period | 89.6 minutes |
Epoch | 10 December 1965 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 |
Kosmos 99 (Russian: Космос 99 meaning Cosmos 99) or Zenit-2 No.32 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 99 was the thirty-second of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[3] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).
Kosmos 99 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U15001-04,[4] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:09 GMT on 10 December 1965.[5] Following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1965-103A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01817.
Kosmos 99 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 10 December 1965, it had a perigee of 203 kilometres (126 mi), an apogee of 309 kilometres (192 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.6 minutes.[6] On 18 December 1965, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by the Soviet force.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cosmos 99 - NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1965-103A - Spacecraft - Details". NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Cosmos 99 - NSSDCA ID: 1965-103A - Spacecraft - Telemetry Details". NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.