Kosmos 225

Kosmos 225
Mission type Magnetospheric
COSPAR ID 1968-048A
SATCAT no. 03279Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type DS-U1-Ya
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass 375 kilograms (827 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date 11 June 1968, 21:29:54 (1968-06-11UTC21:29:54Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site Kapustin Yar 86/4
End of mission
Decay date 2 November 1968 (1968-11-03)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 250 kilometres (160 mi)
Apogee 492 kilometres (306 mi)
Inclination 48.4 degrees
Period 91.96 minutes

Kosmos 225 (Russian: Космос 225 meaning Cosmos 225), also known as DS-U1-Ya No.2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 375-kilogram (827 lb) spacecraft,[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to investigate cosmic rays and flows of charged particles in the Earth's magnetosphere.[2]

A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 225 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/4 at Kapustin Yar.[3] The launch occurred at 21:29:54 UTC on 11 June 1968, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit.[4] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1968-048A.[5] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 03279.

Kosmos 225 was the second of two DS-U1-Ya satellites to be launched, but the only one to successfully reach orbit; the DS-U1-Ya No.1 satellite having been lost in a launch failure due to a second stage malfunction, 216 seconds into its flight.[2][6] Kosmos 225 was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 250 kilometres (160 mi), an apogee of 492 kilometres (306 mi), 48.4 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.96 minutes.[7] It completed operations on 29 June 1968, before decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 2 November.[7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Civil Satellites 1957-2006". Space Security Index. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 Wade, Mark. "DS-U1-Ya". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  3. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  4. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cosmos 225". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  6. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U1-Ya". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
  7. 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 24 December 2009.



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