Kosmos 219

Kosmos 219
Mission type Magnetospheric
COSPAR ID 1968-038A
SATCAT no. 03220Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type DS-U2-D
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass 300 kilograms (660 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date 26 April 1968, 04:42:56 (1968-04-26UTC04:42:56Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site Kapustin Yar 86/4
End of mission
Decay date 2 March 1969 (1969-03-03)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 214 kilometres (133 mi)
Apogee 1,647 kilometres (1,023 mi)
Inclination 48.4 degrees
Period 103.6 minutes

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 300-kilogram (660 lb) spacecraft,[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to investigate flows of charged particles in the Earth's magnetosphere.[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 UTC 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 Defense 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 214 kilometres (133 mi), an apogee of 1,647 kilometres (1,023 mi), 48.4 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 103.6 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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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Wade, Mark. "DS-U2-D". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  2. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  3. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cosmos 219". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  5. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U2-D". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  6. 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  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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