NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 93

Launch Time
Tue Oct 19, 1965 05:44 UTC

First launch of Cosmos 2 (11K63).

Rocket

Cosmos-2 (63SM)
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 636 kN
Payload to LEO: 400 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.59 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.65 m
Fairing Height: 2.99 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 93

Cosmos 93 is a satellite of the DS-U constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 300.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia

Stats

1965

94th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

1st mission
1st mission of 1965
1st successful mission