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Kosmos 11K63 | DS-U1-A
Soviet Space Program86/4 — Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- DS-U1-A
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
DS-U1-A was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 385 kg spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. It was equipped with eight telescopes for optical observation, and one for ultraviolet astronomy. A X-ray experiment was also carried.
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Family
- Kosmos
- Variant
- 11K63
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 86/4
- Location
- Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Country
- RUS
- Timezone
- Europe/Volgograd
- Coordinates
- 48.5694, 46.2932