Kosmos 105

Kosmos 105
Mission type Optical imaging
COSPAR ID 1966-003A
SATCAT № 1945
Mission duration 8 days[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Zenit-2
Manufacturer OKB-1
Launch mass 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date 22 January 1966, 08:38 UTC[2]
Rocket Vostok-2
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
End of mission
Disposal Recovered
Landing date 30 January 1966
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 204 kilometres (127 mi)
Apogee 310 kilometres (190 mi)
Inclination 65 degrees
Period 89.64 minutes
Epoch 23 January 1966[3]

Kosmos 105 (Russian: Космос 105 meaning Cosmos 105) or Zenit-2 No.38 was a Soviet 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[4][5] and had a mass of 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb).[1]

Kosmos 105 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket[6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:38 UTC on 22 January 1966,[2] 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 1945.[1]

Kosmos 105 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 23 January 1966 it had a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 310 kilometres (190 mi) inclination of 65 degrees and an orbital period of 89.64 minutes.[3] On 30 January 1966, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cosmos 105". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2 January 2014.