Kosmos 166

Kosmos 166
Mission type Solar
COSPAR ID 1967-061A
SATCAT no. 02848Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type DS-U3-S
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass 285 kilograms (628 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date 16 June 1967, 04:43:59 (1967-06-16UTC04:43:59Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site Kapustin Yar 86/1
End of mission
Decay date 25 October 1967 (1967-10-26)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 277 kilometres (172 mi)
Apogee 534 kilometres (332 mi)
Inclination 48.4 degrees
Period 92.7 minutes

Kosmos 166 (Russian: Космос 166 meaning Cosmos 166), also known as DS-U3-S No.1, was a satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 285-kilogram (628 lb) spacecraft,[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to conduct multispectral imaging of the Sun.[2]

Kosmos 166 was launched from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar, aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.[3] The launch occurred at 04:43:59 UTC on 16 June 1967, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into a low Earth orbit.[4] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1967-061A.[5] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 02848.

Kosmos 166 was the first of two DS-U3-S satellites to be launched,[2] the other being Kosmos 230.[6] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 277 kilometres (172 mi), an apogee of 534 kilometres (332 mi), 48.4 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 92.7 minutes.[7] It completed operations on 26 September 1967,[1] before decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 25 October.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "World Civil Satellites 1957-2006". Space Security Index. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 Wade, Mark. "DS-U3-S". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  3. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  4. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cosmos 166". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  6. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U3-S". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  7. 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.



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