Kosmos 219

Kosmos 219
Mission type	Magnetosphere
COSPAR ID	1968-038A
SATCAT no.	03220
Mission duration	310 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-U2-D
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	400 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	26 April 1968, 04:42:56 GMT
Rocket	Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site	Kapustin Yar , Site 86/4
Contractor	Yuzhnoye
End of mission
Last contact	28 February 1969
Decay date	2 March 1969
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	215 km
Apogee altitude	1745 km
Inclination	48.4°
Period	104.7 minutes
Epoch	26 April 1968

Kosmos 219 ( Russian : Космос 219 meaning Cosmos 219 ), also known as DS-U2-D No.2 , was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 400 kilograms (880 lb) spacecraft, ^[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , and was used to investigate flows of charged particles in the magnetosphere of the Earth. ^[1]

A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 219 into low Earth orbit . The launch took place from Site 86/4 at Kapustin Yar . ^[2] The launch occurred at 04:42:56 GMT on 26 April 1968, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit. ^[3] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1968-038A. ^[4] The North American Aerospace Air Command assigned it the catalogue number 03220.

Kosmos 219 was the second of two DS-U2-D satellites to be launched, ^[1] after Kosmos 137 . ^[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 215 kilometres (134 mi), an apogee of 1,745 kilometres (1,084 mi), 48.4° of inclination , and an orbital period of 104.7 minutes. ^[6] It completed operations on 28 February 1969, ^[7] before decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 2 March. ^[6]

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^ ^a ^b ^c Wade, Mark. "DS-U2-D" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .
^ McDowell, Jonathan . "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .
^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012 . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .
^ "Cosmos 219" . NSSDC Master Catalog . US National Space Science Data Center . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .
^ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U2-D" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .
^ ^a ^b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .
^ "World Civil Satellites 1957-2006" . Space Security Index. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011 . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

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[EA-1] Wade, Mark. "DS-U2-D" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

[JSR-LL-2] McDowell, Jonathan . "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

[EA-K2-3] Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012 . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

[4] "Cosmos 219" . NSSDC Master Catalog . US National Space Science Data Center . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

[GSP-5] Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U2-D" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

[JSR-SC-6] McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

[WCS-7] "World Civil Satellites 1957-2006" . Space Security Index. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011 . Retrieved 24 December 2009 .

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