Kosmos 110

Kosmos 110
Mission type Biosciences
COSPAR ID 1966-015A
SATCAT № 2070
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Vostok-3KV No.5
Launch mass 5,700 kilograms (12,600 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 22 February 1966, 20:09:36 (1966-02-22UTC20:09:36) UTC
Rocket Voskhod
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
End of mission
Landing date 16 March 1966 (1966-03-17)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth

Kosmos 110 (Russian: Космос 110 meaning Cosmos 110) was a Soviet spacecraft launched on 22 February 1966 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Voskhod rocket.

Mission

Veterok and Ugolyok Soviet stamp

It incorporated a re-entry body (capsule) for landing scientific instruments and test objects. It was a biological satellite that made a sustained biomedical experiment through the Van Allen radiation belts with the dogs Veterok and Ugolyok, after 22 days in orbit around the Earth, they were safely landed.[1]

This spaceflight of record-breaking duration was not surpassed by humans until Soyuz 11 in June 1971 and still stands as the longest space flight by dogs.

Details

Other Names

See also


References

  1. NASA National Space Science Data Center: Cosmos 110
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 31, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.