Engineering:Kosmos 166
| Mission type | Solar imaging |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1967-061A |
| SATCAT no. | 02848 |
| Mission duration | 131 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | DS-U3-S |
| Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch mass | 400 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 June 1967, 04:44:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar, 86/1 |
| Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 25 October 1967 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 281 km |
| Apogee altitude | 553 km |
| Inclination | 48.4° |
| Period | 92.6 minutes |
| Epoch | 16 June 1967 |
Kosmos 166 (Russian: Космос 166 meaning Cosmos 166), also known as DS-U3-S No.1, was a satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 400 kilograms (880 lb) spacecraft,[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office, and was used to conduct multispectral imaging of the Sun.[3]
Kosmos 166 was launched from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar, aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.[4] The launch occurred at 04:44:00 GMT on 16 June 1967, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into a low Earth orbit.[5] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1967-061A.[1] The North American Air Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 02848.[1]
Kosmos 166 was the first of two DS-U3-S satellites to be launched,[3] the other being Kosmos 230.[6] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 281 kilometres (175 mi), an apogee of 553 kilometres (344 mi), an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 92.6 minutes.[2] It completed operations on 26 September 1967,[7] before decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 25 October.[8]
See also
- 1967 in spaceflight
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cosmos 166:Display 1967-061A". NASA. 27 February 2020. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1967-061A.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cosmos 166:Trajectory 1967-061A". NASA. 27 February 2020. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1967-061A. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wade, Mark. "DS-U3-S". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsu3s.htm.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos2.htm.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U3-S". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ds-u3-s.htm.
- ↑ "World Civil Satellites 1957-2006". Space Security Index. http://www.spacesecurity.org/files/WorldCivilSats2006.xls.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt.
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