| Names | Sputnik 12 1MS No.1 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Technology Ionosphere |
| Harvard designation | 1962 Iota 1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1962-009A |
| SATCAT no. | 269 |
| Mission duration | 1 year, 4 months and 14 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1MS |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 285 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 6 April 1962, 17:16:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63S1 |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar, Mayak-2 |
| Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 20 August 1963 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 215 km |
| Apogee altitude | 1488 km |
| Inclination | 49.0° |
| Period | 102.5 minutes |
| Epoch | 6 April 1962 |
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Kosmos 2 (Russian: Космос 2 meaning Cosmos 2), also known as 1MS No.1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 12 was a technology demonstration and a scientific research satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the second satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the first spacecraft to be launched as part of the MS programme.