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Status

Success

Cosmos 148

Launch Time
Thu Mar 16, 1967 17:30 UTC

First launch of Cosmos 2 from Plesetsk.

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 148

Cosmos 148 is a satellite of the DS-P 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 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1967

24th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

10th mission
3rd mission of 1967
10th successful mission