Kosmos 64

Kosmos 64

A Zenit reentry capsule
Names	Zenit 2-26
Mission type	Optical imaging reconnaissance
Operator	OKB-1
COSPAR ID	1965-025A
SATCAT no.	1305
Mission duration	8 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Zenit-2
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	4720 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	25 March 1965, 10:04:00 GMT[1]
Rocket	Vostok-2
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6
Contractor	OKB-1
End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	2 April 1965
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	201 km
Apogee altitude	267 km
Inclination	65.0°
Period	89.2 minutes
Epoch	25 March 1965
Zenit programme Zenit-2 Kosmos (satellites)

Kosmos 64 (Russian: Космос 64 meaning Cosmos 64) or Zenit-2 No.26 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 64 was the twenty-sixth of eighty-one such spacecraft to be launched^[3][4] and had a mass of 4,720 kilograms (10,410 lb).

Kosmos 64 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number G15001-06,^[5] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 10:04 GMT on 25 March 1965, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1965-025A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01305.^[1]

Kosmos 64 was operated in a low Earth orbit, on 25 March 1965 it had a perigee of 201 kilometres (125 mi), an apogee of 267 kilometres (166 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.2 minutes. On 2 April 1965, after eight days in orbit, Kosmos 64 was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet forces.^[4]

References

1. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-025A - 27 February 2020
2. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1965-025A - 27 February 2020
3. Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
4. Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
5. Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2013.