Kosmos 51
Mission type | Technology Cosmic ray |
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Operator | VNIIEM |
COSPAR ID | 1964-080A |
SATCAT no. | 00947 |
Mission duration | 340 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-MT |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 350 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 December 1964 23:02:00 GMT |
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63S1 |
Launch site | Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1 |
Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 14 November 1965 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 262 km |
Apogee altitude | 533 km |
Inclination | 48.8° |
Period | 92.5 minutes |
Epoch | 9 December 1964 |
Kosmos 51 (Russian: Космос 51 meaning Cosmos 51), also known as DS-MT No.3 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1964 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. Its primary mission was to demonstrate an electric gyrodyne orientation system.[3] It also carried a scientific research package as a secondary payload, which was used to study cosmic rays and the luminosity of the stellar background.
It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63S1 rocket[4] from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 23:02 GMT on 9 December 1964.[5]
Kosmos 51 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 262 kilometres (163 mi), an apogee of 533 kilometres (331 mi), 48.8° of inclination, and an orbital period of 92.5 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 14 November 1965.[6] Kosmos 51 was the last of three DS-MT satellites to be launched. The first was lost in a launch failure on 1 June 1963, and the second was launched as Kosmos 31 on 6 June 1964.[7]
See also
References
- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-080A - 27 February 2020
- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1964-080A - 27 February 2020
- ^ Wade, Mark. "DS-MT". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "DS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
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