| Mission type | Technology Geophysics |
|---|---|
| Harvard designation | 1962 Upsilon 1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1962-020A |
| SATCAT no. | 00297 |
| Mission duration | 339 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | 2MS |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 280 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 May 1962, 03:07 GMT |
| Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63S1 |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar, Mayak-2 |
| Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | 9 July 1962 |
| Decay date | 2 May 1963 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 190 km |
| Apogee altitude | 1587 km |
| Inclination | 49.1° |
| Period | 102.8 minutes |
| Epoch | 28 May 1962 |
Kosmos 5 (Russian: Космос 5 meaning Cosmos 5), also known as 2MS #2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 15 was a scientific research and technology demonstration satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the fifth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the third spacecraft to be launched as part of the MS programme, after Kosmos 2 and Kosmos 3. Its primary missions were to develop systems for future satellites, and to record data about artificial radiation around the Earth.[3]
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