Kosmos 7
Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance Radiation |
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Harvard designation | 1962 Alpha Iota 1 |
COSPAR ID | 1962-033A |
SATCAT no. | 00346 |
Mission duration | 4 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4610 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 July 1962, 09:18:31 OKB-1 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 1 August 1962 |
Landing site | Steppe in Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 197 km |
Apogee altitude | 356 km |
Inclination | 64.95° |
Period | 90.1 minutes |
Epoch | 28 July 1962 |
Kosmos 7 (Russian: Космос 7 meaning Cosmos 7), also known as Zenit-2 No.4 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 17 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. It was the seventh satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the second successful launch of a Soviet reconnaissance satellite.[3]
Spacecraft
Kosmos 7 was a Zenit-2 satellite, a first generation, low resolution reconnaissance satellite derived from the Vostok spacecraft used for crewed flights.[1] It also marked the first successful launch of a Vostok-2, on the second attempt. It had a mass of 4,610 kilograms (10,160 lb).[1] The first Vostok-2 launch, also carrying a Zenit-2 satellite, suffered an engine failure seconds after launch on 1 June 1962, fell back to earth and exploded within 300 metres (980 ft) of the launch pad.
Kosmos 7 was one of a series of Soviet Earth satellites whose purpose was to study outer space, the upper layers of the atmosphere, and the Earth. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to Earth by multichannel telemetry systems equipped with space-borne memory units.
Mission
It was the second Zenit-2 to reach orbit, the first being
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Cosmos 7: Display 1962-033A". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Cosmos 7: Trajectory 1962-033A". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Soyuz". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 23 May 2009.