Kosmos 98
Mission typeOptical imaging reconnaissance
OperatorOKB-1
COSPAR ID1965-097A
SATCAT no.01780
Mission duration8 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeZenit-2
ManufacturerOKB-1
Launch mass4730 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date27 November 1965
08:24:00 GMT[2]
RocketVostok-2
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
End of mission
DisposalRecovered
Landing date5 December 1965
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric[3]
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude205 km
Apogee altitude547 km
Inclination65.0°
Period92.0 minutes
Epoch27 November 1965
 

Kosmos 98 (Russian: Космос 98 meaning Cosmos 98) or Zenit-2 No.31 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 98 was the thirty-first of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[4][5] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).

Kosmos 98 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U15001-05,[6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:24 GMT on 27 November 1965 and following the satellite's successful arrival in orbit it received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1965-097A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01780.

Kosmos 98 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 27 November 1965, it had a perigee of 205 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 547 kilometres (340 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 92.0 minutes. On 5 December 1965, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by the Soviet Force.[7][5]

References

  1. ↑ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-097A - 27 February 2020
  2. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  3. ↑ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1965-097A - 27 February 2020
  4. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 January 2014.


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