NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 106

Launch Time
Tue Jan 25, 1966 12:28 UTC

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 106

Cosmos 106 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: 325.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia

Stats

1966

5th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

4th mission
1st mission of 1966
4th successful mission