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Soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-31) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kosmos 98 (Russian: Космос 98 meaning Cosmos 98) or Zenit-2 No.31 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 98 was the thirty-first of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[4][5] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).
Names | Zenit 2-31 |
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Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
Operator | OKB-1 |
COSPAR ID | 1965-097A |
SATCAT no. | 1780 |
Mission duration | 8 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4730 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 November 1965 08:24:00 GMT[2] |
Rocket | Vostok-2 |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 5 December 1965 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[3] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 205 km |
Apogee altitude | 547 km |
Inclination | 65.0° |
Period | 92.0 minutes |
Epoch | 27 November 1965 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 |
Kosmos 98 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U15001-05,[6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:24 GMT on 27 November 1965 and following the satellite's successful arrival in orbit it received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1965-097A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01780.
Kosmos 98 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 27 November 1965, it had a perigee of 205 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 547 kilometres (340 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 92.0 minutes. On 5 December 1965, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by the Soviet Force.[7][5]
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