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Soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-19) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kosmos 33 (Russian: Космос 33 meaning Cosmos 33) or Zenit-2 No.19 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 33 was the nineteenth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[3] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).
Names | Zenit 2-19 |
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Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
Operator | OKB-1 |
COSPAR ID | 1964-033A |
SATCAT no. | 816 |
Mission duration | 8 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4730 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 23 June 1964, 10:19:00 GMT |
Rocket | Vostok-2 |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
Contractor | OKB-1 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 1 July 1964 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 209 km |
Apogee altitude | 293 km |
Inclination | 65.0° |
Period | 89.4 minutes |
Epoch | 23 June 1964 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 |
Kosmos 33 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number G15001-05,[4] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 10:19 GMT on 23 June 1964,[5] and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1964-033A and the Satellite Catalog Number 00816.[6]
Kosmos 33 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 23 June 1964 it had a perigee of 209 kilometres (130 mi), an apogee of 293 kilometres (182 mi), inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.4 minutes. On 1 July 1964, after 8 days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet forces.[7][8]
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