| Mission type | Ionosphere |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1967-013A |
| SATCAT no. | 02678 |
| Mission duration | 142 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | DS-U2-I |
| Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch mass | 315 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 February 1967, 10:04:56 GMT |
| Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1 |
| Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 6 July 1967 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 207 km |
| Apogee altitude | 1336 km |
| Inclination | 48.4° |
| Period | 100.3 minutes |
| Epoch | 14 February 1967 |
Kosmos 142 (Russian: Космос 142 meaning Cosmos 142), also known as DS-U2-I No.2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 315 kilograms (694 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the effects on radio waves of passing through the ionosphere.[3]
A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 142 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.[4] The launch occurred at 10:04:56 GMT on 14 February 1967, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit.[5] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1967-013A.[1] The North American Air Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 02678.
Kosmos 142 was the second of three DS-U2-I satellites to be launched.[6] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 207 kilometres (129 mi), an apogee of 1,336 kilometres (830 mi), an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 100.3 minutes.[2] On 6 July 1967, it decayed from orbit and reentered the atmosphere.[7]
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Cosmos 142: Trajectory 1967-013A". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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