Kosmos 378
| Mission type | Ionospheric |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1970-097A |
| SATCAT no. | 04713 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch mass | 710 kilograms (1,570 lb)[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 17 November 1970, 18:20:01 UTC |
| Rocket | 132/2 |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 17 August 1972 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 233 kilometres (145 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 1,697 kilometres (1,054 mi) |
| Inclination | 74 degrees |
| Period | 104.4 minutes |
Kosmos 378 (
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the ionosphere.[1]
Launch
A
North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number
04713.
Orbit
Kosmos 378 was the only
reentering the atmosphere on 17 August 1972.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d Wade, Mark. "DS-U2-IP". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 3". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ "Cosmos 378". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U2-IP". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ^ "World Civil Satellites 1957-2006". Space Security Index. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
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