Kosmos 145 (russian: Космос 145 meaning ''Cosmos 145''), also known as DS-U2-M No.2, was a
Soviet satellite which was launched in 1967 as part of the
Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft,
[ ] which was built by the
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to conduct tests involving
atomic clocks.
A
Kosmos-2I 63SM
carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 145 into
low Earth orbit. The launch took place from
Site 86/1 at
Kapustin Yar.
The launch occurred at 06:44:58 GMT on 3 March 1967, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit.
Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its
Kosmos
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designation, and received the
International Designator 1967-019A.
The
North American Air Defense Command assigned it the
catalogue number 02697.
Kosmos 145 was the second of two
DS-U2-M satellites to be launched, after
Kosmos 97
Kosmos 97 (russian: Космос 97 meaning ''Cosmos 97''), also known as DS-U2-M No.1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Desi ...
.
It was operated in an orbit with a
perigee of , an
apogee of , an
inclination of 48.4°, and an
orbital period of 108.6 minutes.
On 8 March 1968, it
decayed from orbit and
reentered the atmosphere.
See also
*
1967 in spaceflight
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References
Spacecraft launched in 1967
Kosmos satellites
1967 in the Soviet Union
Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program
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