Kosmos 105
Soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-34)
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Kosmos 105 (Russian: Космос 105 meaning Cosmos 105) or Zenit-2 No.34 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, 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[3] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).
A Zenit reentry capsule | |
| Names | Zenit 2-34 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
| Operator | OKB-1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1966-003A |
| SATCAT no. | 1945 |
| Mission duration | 8 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 4730 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 22 January 1966 08:38:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Vostok-2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
| Contractor | OKB-1 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Recovered |
| Landing date | 30 January 1966 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 204 km |
| Apogee altitude | 310 km |
| Inclination | 65.0° |
| Period | 89.7 minutes |
| Epoch | 22 January 1966 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 | |
Kosmos 105 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket[4] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:38 GMT on 22 January 1966,[5] 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 01945.[6]
Kosmos 105 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 22 January 1966 it had a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 310 kilometres (190 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.7 minutes.[7] On 30 January 1966, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet force.[8]
