PROFILBARU.COM

Kosmos 378
Mission type	Ionospheric
COSPAR ID	1970-097A
SATCAT no.	04713
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-U2-IP
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	710 kilograms (1,570 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	17 November 1970, 18:20:01 UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-3M
Launch site	Plesetsk 132/2
End of mission
Decay date	17 August 1972
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	233 kilometres (145 mi)
Apogee altitude	1,697 kilometres (1,054 mi)
Inclination	74 degrees
Period	104.4 minutes

Kosmos 378 (Russian: Космос 378 meaning Cosmos 378), also known as DS-U2-IP No.1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 710-kilogram (1,570 lb) spacecraft,^[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the ionosphere.^[1]

Launch

A Kosmos-3M 11K65M carrier rocket, serial number 47117-107, was used to launch Kosmos 378 into low Earth orbit.^[2] It was launched at 18:20:01 UTC on 17 November 1970, from Site 132/2 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.^[2] The launch 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 1970-097A.^[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 04713.

Orbit

Kosmos 378 was the only DS-U2-IP satellite to be launched.^[1]^[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 233 kilometres (145 mi), an apogee of 1,697 kilometres (1,054 mi), 74 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 104.4 minutes.^[6] It completed operations on 13 September 1971,^[7] before decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 17 August 1972.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wade, Mark. "DS-U2-IP". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 3". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^ "Cosmos 378". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-U2-IP". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^ "World Civil Satellites 1957-2006". Space Security Index. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2009.