Kosmos 110

Kosmos 110
Mission type Biosciences
Operator OKB-1
COSPAR ID 1966-015A
SATCAT no. 2070
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft Vostok-3KV No.5
Launch mass 5,700 kilograms (12,600 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 22 February 1966, 20:09:36 (1966-02-22UTC20:09:36) UTC
Rocket Voskhod
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
End of mission
Landing date 16 March 1966, 14:09:00 (1966-03-16UTC14:10) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime LEO
Eccentricity 0.05001
Perigee 190 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee 882 kilometres (548 mi)
Inclination 51.85°
Period 89.2 minutes

Kosmos 110 (Russian: Космос 110 meaning Cosmos 110) was a Soviet spacecraft launched on 22 February 1966 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Voskhod rocket. It carried two dogs, Veterok and Ugolyok.

Mission

It incorporated a re-entry body (capsule) for landing scientific instruments and test objects. It was a biological satellite that made a sustained biomedical experiment through the Van Allen radiation belts with the dogs Veterok and Ugolyok. On March 16, after 22 days in orbit around the Earth, they were safely landed.[1]

This spaceflight of record-breaking duration was not surpassed by humans until Soyuz 11 in June 1971, and still stands as the longest space flight by dogs.

Details

Other Names

  • 02070

See also

References

  1. ↑ NASA National Space Science Data Center: Cosmos 110


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