Kosmos 147

Kosmos 147
Mission type Optical imaging
COSPAR ID 1967-022A
SATCAT № 2710
Mission duration 8 days[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Zenit-2
Manufacturer OKB-1
Start of mission
Launch date 13 March 1967, 12:10:23 UTC[2]
Rocket Vostok-2
Launch site Plesetsk 41/1
End of mission
Disposal Recovered
Landing date 21 March 1967, 06:29 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 199 kilometres (124 mi)
Apogee 284 kilometres (176 mi)
Inclination 64.5 degrees
Period 89.33 minutes
Epoch 15 March 1967[4]

Kosmos 147 (Russian: Космос 147 meaning Cosmos 147) or Zenit-2 No.44 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1967. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 147 was the forty-seventh of eighty-one such satellites to be launched.[5][6]

Kosmos 147 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number N15001-06,[7] flying from Site 41/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 12:10:23 UTC on 13 March 1967,[2] and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1967-022A and the Satellite Catalog Number 2710.[1]

Kosmos 147 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 15 March 1967 it had a perigee of 199 kilometres (124 mi), an apogee of 284 kilometres (176 mi) inclination of 64.5 degrees and an orbital period of 89.33 minutes.[4] After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 147 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 06:29 UTC on 21 March 1967. An unspecified problem with the satellite resulted in the mission being considered a partial failure.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cosmos 147". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Christie, Robert. "Zenit Satellites - Zenit-2 variant". Zarya.info. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 22 January 2014.