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Kosmos 196
Mission type	Solar research
COSPAR ID	1967-125A
SATCAT no.	03074
Mission duration	201 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-U1-G
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	352 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	19 December 1967, 06:30:07 GMT
Rocket	Kosmos 63S1
Launch site	Kapustin Yar, 86/1
Contractor	Yuzhnoye
End of mission
Decay date	7 July 1968
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	223 km
Apogee altitude	860 km
Inclination	49.0°
Period	95.5 minutes
Epoch	19 December 1967

Kosmos 196 (Russian: Космос 196 meaning Cosmos 196), also known as DS-U1-G No.2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 352 kilograms (776 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office, and was used to study the effects of solar activity on the upper atmosphere.^[3]

A Kosmos 63S1 carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 196 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.^[4] The launch occurred at 06:30:07 GMT on 19 December 1967, and resulted in the successfully insertion of the satellite into low Earth orbit.^[5] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1967-125A. The North American Air Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 03074.^[1]

Kosmos 196 was the second of two DS-U1-G satellites to be launched,^[3] after Kosmos 108.^[6] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 223 kilometres (139 mi), an apogee of 860 kilometres (530 mi), an inclination of 49.0°, and an orbital period of 95.5 minutes.^[2] It completed operations on 7 February 1968.^[7] On 7 July 1968, it decayed from orbit and reentered the atmosphere.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Cosmos 196: Display 1967-125A". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ ^a ^b "Cosmos 196: Trajectory 1967-125A". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ ^a ^b Wade, Mark. "DS-U1-G". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
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