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Names | Zenit 2-34 |
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Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
Operator | OKB-1 |
COSPAR ID | 1966-003A |
SATCAT no. | 1945 |
Mission duration | 8 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4730 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 22 January 1966 08:38:00 GMT |
Rocket | Vostok-2 |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
Contractor | OKB-1 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 30 January 1966 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 204 km |
Apogee altitude | 310 km |
Inclination | 65.0° |
Period | 89.7 minutes |
Epoch | 22 January 1966 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 |
Kosmos 105 (Russian: Космос 105 meaning Cosmos 105) or Zenit-2 No.34 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 105 was the thirty-fourth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[3] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).
Kosmos 105 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket[4] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:38 GMT on 22 January 1966,[5] and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1966-003A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01945.[6]
Kosmos 105 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 22 January 1966 it had a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 310 kilometres (190 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.7 minutes.[7] On 30 January 1966, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet force.[8]
References
- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-003A - 27 February 2020
- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1966-003A - 27 February 2020
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Cosmos 105". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2014.