Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
---|---|
Operator | OKB-1 |
COSPAR ID | 1964-021A |
SATCAT no. | 00791 |
Mission duration | 8 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Launch mass | 4780 kg[1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 April 1964, 10:19:00 GMT |
Rocket | Vostok-2 s/n R15001-01 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
Contractor | OKB-1 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Recovered |
Landing date | 3 May 1964 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 203 km |
Apogee altitude | 296 km |
Inclination | 65.1° |
Period | 89.5 minutes |
Epoch | 25 April 1964 |
Kosmos 29 (Russian: Космос 29 meaning Cosmos 29) or Zenit-2 No.19 was a Soviet, a first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 29 was the seventeenth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[3] and had a mass of 4,780 kilograms (10,540 lb).
A Vostok-2 rocket, serial number R15001-01,[4] was used to launch Kosmos 29. The launch took place at 10:19 GMT on 25 April 1964, using Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[5] Following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1964-021A and the Satellite Catalog Number 00791.[6]
Kosmos 29 was operated in a low Earth orbit. On 25 April 1964, it had a perigee of 203 kilometres (126 mi), an apogee of 296 kilometres (184 mi), with inclination of 65.1° and an orbital period of 89.5 minutes. After eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited on 3 May 1964 with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet forces.[7][8]
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- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-021A - 27 February 2020
- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1964-021A - 27 February 2020
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- ^ Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2013.