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Kosmos 93
(
Russian
:
Космос 93
meaning
Cosmos 93
), also known as
DS-U2-V No.1
, was a
Soviet
satellite
which was launched in 1965 as part of the
Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik
programme. It was a 305 kilograms (672 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
, and was used to conduct classified technology development experiments for the Soviet armed forces.
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A
Kosmos-2M
63S1M
[4]
carrier rocket
was used to launch Kosmos 93 into
low Earth orbit
. The launch took place from
Site 86/1
at
Kapustin Yar
.
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The launch occurred at 05:45 GMT on 19 October 1965, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit.
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Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its
Kosmos
designation, and received the
International Designator
1965-084A.
[7]
The
North American Air Defense Command
assigned it the
catalogue number
01629.
Kosmos 93 was the first of four
DS-U2-V
satellites to be launched.
[8]
It was operated in an orbit with a
perigee
of 216 kilometres (134 mi), an
apogee
of 513 kilometres (319 mi), an 48.4° of
inclination
, and an
orbital period
of 91.7 minutes. On 3 January 1966, it
decayed
from orbit and
reentered
the atmosphere.
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See also
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References
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DS-1
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DS-2
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DS-A1
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DS-K
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DS-MG
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DS-MT
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DS-MO
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DS-P1
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DS-U1
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DS-U2
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DS-U3
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Omega
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in
underline
. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in
italics
. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).
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