Engineering:Kosmos 28
Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
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Operator | OKB-1 |
COSPAR ID | 1964-017A |
SATCAT no. | 00779 |
Mission duration | 8 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4730 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 April 1964, 09:36:00 GMT |
Rocket | Vostok-2 s/n G15001-04 |
Launch site | Baikonur, 31/6 |
Contractor | OKB-1 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 12 April 1964 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 213 km |
Apogee altitude | 373 km |
Inclination | 65.0° |
Period | 90.4 minutes |
Epoch | 4 April 1964 |
Kosmos 28 (Russian: Космос 28 meaning Cosmos 28) or Zenit-2 No.16 was a Soviet, a first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 28 was the sixteenth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[3][4] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).
A Vostok-2 rocket, s/n G15001-04,[5] was used to launch Kosmos 28. The launch took place at 09:36 GMT on 4 April 1964 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[6] Following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1964-017A and the Satellite Catalog Number 00779.
Kosmos 28 was operated in a low Earth orbit. On 4 April 1964, it had a perigee of 213 kilometres (132 mi), an apogee of 373 kilometres (232 mi), with inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 90.4 minutes. On 12 April 1964, the spacecraft was deorbited, with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet forces.[7][4]
References
- ↑ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-017A - 27 February 2020
- ↑ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1964-017A - 27 February 2020
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zenit-2.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/zenit2.htm. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vosk8a92.htm. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt.
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