Kosmos 66

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Kosmos 66
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Optical imaging
COSPAR ID	1965-035A
SATCAT №	1362
Mission duration	8 days

Spacecraft type	Zenit-2
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb)^[1]

Start of mission
Launch date	7 May 1965, 09:50 (1965-05-07UTC09:50Z) UTC^[2]
Rocket	Vostok-2
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6

End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	15 May 1965 (1965-05-16)

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	200 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee	278 kilometres (173 mi)
Inclination	65 degrees
Period	89.28 minutes
Epoch	9 May 1965^[3]

Kosmos 66 (Russian: Космос 66 meaning Cosmos 66) or Zenit-2 No.27 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 66 was the twenty-seventh of eighty-one such satellites to be launched^[4]^[5] and had a mass of 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb).^[1]

Kosmos 66 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number R15002-04,^[6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 09:50 UTC on 7 May 1965,^[2] and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1965-035A and the Satellite Catalog Number 1362.^[1]

Kosmos 66 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 9 May 1965 it had a perigee of 200 kilometres (120 mi), an apogee of 278 kilometres (173 mi) inclination of 65 degrees and an orbital period of 89.28 minutes.^[3] On 15 May 1965, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited so that its return capsule could be recovered and its photos analysed, however the capsule was lost after its parachute failed to deploy.^[1]^[5]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cosmos 66". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
↑ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

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Kosmos 52 \| OPS 3928 \| OPS 7040 \| OV1-1 \| TIROS-9 \| OPS 4703 \| Kosmos 53 \| OSO-2 \| LES-1 \| DS-P1-Yu No.2 \| Apollo A-103 · Pegasus 1 \| Ranger 8 \| DS-A1 No.6 \| Kosmos 54 · Kosmos 55 · Kosmos 56 \| Kosmos 57 \| OPS 4782 \| Kosmos 58 \| Surveyor SD-1 \| Kosmos 59 \| NRL PL142 · GGSE-2 · GGSE-3 · SECOR 3 · Solrad 7B · Surcal 4 · Dodecapole 1 · Oscar 3 \| OPS 7087 · SECOR 2 \| Kosmos 60 \| OPS 4920 \| Kosmos 61 · Kosmos 62 · Kosmos 63 \| OPS 7353 \| Voskhod 2 \| Ranger 9 \| Gemini III \| Kosmos 64 \| OPS 4803 \| OPS 4682 · SECOR 4 \| Intelsat I F1 \| Luna E-6 No.8 \| Kosmos 65 \| Molniya 1-01 \| OPS 4983 · OPS 6717 \| Explorer 27 \| OPS 5023 \| LES-2 · LCS-1 \| Kosmos 66 \| Luna 5 \| OPS 8431 \| OPS 8386 \| Apollo A-104 · Pegasus 2 \| Kosmos 67 \| OPS 5236 \| OV1-3 \| Explorer 28 \| Gemini IV \| Luna 6 \| OPS 8425 \| Kosmos 68 \| Titan 3C-7 \| OPS 8480 \| Kosmos 69 \| OPS 5501 · OPS 6749 \| TIROS-10 \| Kosmos 70 \| OPS 5810 \| Zenit-2 No.28 \| Kosmos 71 · Kosmos 72 · Kosmos 73 · Kosmos 74 · Kosmos 75 \| Proton 1 \| OPS 8411 \| Zond 3 \| OPS 5543 \| OPS 6577 · OPS 6564 · ERS-17 \| Kosmos 76 \| Apollo A-105 · Pegasus 3 \| Kosmos 77 \| OPS 5698 · OPS 6761 \| SEV · SECOR 5 \| Surveyor SD-2 \| OPS 8464 · Dodecapole 2 · Tempsat-1 · Long Rod · Calsphere 4A · Surcal 5 \| Kosmos 78 \| OPS 7208 \| Gemini V (REP) \| Kosmos 79 \| OSO-C \| OPS 3373 \| Kosmos 80 · Kosmos 81 · Kosmos 82 · Kosmos 83 · Kosmos 84 \| Kosmos 85 \| OPS 8068 \| Kosmos 86 · Kosmos 87 · Kosmos 88 · Kosmos 89 · Kosmos 90 \| OPS 7221 \| Kosmos 91 \| OPS 7208 \| Luna 7 \| OV1-2 \| OPS 5325 \| OGO-2 \| Molniya 1-02 \| OV2-1 · LCS-2 \| Kosmos 92 \| Kosmos 93 \| GATV 5002 \| Kosmos 94 \| OPS 2155 \| Proton 2 \| Kosmos 95 \| Explorer 29 \| OPS 8293 · OPS 6232 \| Venera 2 \| Venera 3 \| Solrad 8 \| Kosmos 96 \| Kosmos 97 \| Astérix \| Kosmos 98 \| Alouette 2 · Explorer 31 \| Luna 8 \| Gemini VII \| FR-1 \| OPS 7249 \| Kosmos 99 \| Gemini VIA \| Pioneer 6 \| Kosmos 100 \| Kosmos 101 \| OV2-3 · LES-3 · LES-4 · Oscar 4 \| OPS 1509 \| OPS 4639 \| Kosmos 102 \| Kosmos 103 \| DS-K-40 No.1

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

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Zenit-2	#1 Kosmos 4 #3 Kosmos 7 Kosmos 9 Kosmos 10 Kosmos 12 Kosmos 13 Kosmos 15 Kosmos 16 Kosmos 18 #12 Kosmos 20 #14 Kosmos 24 Kosmos 28 Kosmos 29 Kosmos 32 Kosmos 33 Kosmos 35 Kosmos 37 Kosmos 46 Kosmos 48 Kosmos 50 Kosmos 52 Kosmos 64 Kosmos 66 Kosmos 68 #28 Kosmos 78 Kosmos 98 Kosmos 99 Kosmos 104 Kosmos 105 Kosmos 107 Kosmos 112 Kosmos 115 Kosmos 117 Kosmos 120 Kosmos 124 #40 Kosmos 129 Kosmos 132 Kosmos 136 Kosmos 138 Kosmos 143 Kosmos 147 Kosmos 153 Kosmos 157 Kosmos 164 Kosmos 168 #51 Kosmos 177 Kosmos 180 Kosmos 181 Kosmos 193 Kosmos 195 Kosmos 199 Kosmos 205 Kosmos 210 Kosmos 216 Kosmos 223 Kosmos 231 Kosmos 235 Kosmos 240 Kosmos 247 Kosmos 253 Kosmos 255 Kosmos 258 Kosmos 263 Kosmos 266 Kosmos 273 Kosmos 278 Kosmos 281 Kosmos 287 Kosmos 290 Kosmos 301 Kosmos 309 Kosmos 325 Kosmos 326 Kosmos 344

Zenit-2M (Gektor)	Kosmos 208 Kosmos 228 Kosmos 243 Kosmos 293 Kosmos 306 Kosmos 313 Kosmos 318 Kosmos 329 Kosmos 350 Kosmos 353 Kosmos 363 Kosmos 366 Kosmos 368 Kosmos 377 Kosmos 384 Kosmos 392 Unknown Kosmos 403 Kosmos 410 Kosmos 428 Kosmos 431 Kosmos 439 Kosmos 443 Unknown Kosmos 473 Kosmos 477 Kosmos 484 Kosmos 490 Kosmos 493 Kosmos 512 Kosmos 517 Kosmos 518 Kosmos 525 Kosmos 537 Kosmos 547 Kosmos 552 Kosmos 555 Kosmos 561 Kosmos 575 Kosmos 578 Kosmos 583 Kosmos 596 Kosmos 599 Kosmos 629 Kosmos 635 Kosmos 640 Kosmos 653 Kosmos 658 Kosmos 669 Unknown Kosmos 685 Kosmos 692 Kosmos 696 Kosmos 702 Kosmos 721 Kosmos 728 Kosmos 731 Kosmos 747 Kosmos 751 Kosmos 769 Kosmos 776 Kosmos 780 Kosmos 784 Kosmos 799 Kosmos 809 Kosmos 813 Kosmos 819 Kosmos 834 Kosmos 840 Kosmos 848 Kosmos 856 Kosmos 865 Kosmos 879 Kosmos 889 Kosmos 898 Kosmos 904 Kosmos 914 Kosmos 922 Kosmos 935 Kosmos 947 Kosmos 950 Kosmos 966 Kosmos 973 Kosmos 984 Kosmos 992 Kosmos 995 Kosmos 1002 Kosmos 1004 Kosmos 1012 Kosmos 1032 Kosmos 1044 Kosmos 1060 Kosmos 1061 Kosmos 1070 Unknown Kosmos 1090

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