Kosmos 142

 1967-013A

---

DS-U2-I No. 2 studied very low frequency radio wave propagation in the ionosphere and detected diffuse cosmic radio emissions. The DS-U2-I satellites had four 15-m antennae mounted on the top of the satellite, for a span of 30 m.

Kosmos-142
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Feb 14	1005	Launch by 11K63	GTsP4
	1007	Stage 2 burn
	1011?	Stage 2 sep, orbit insertion	100.3 207 x 1336 x 48.3
1967 Jul 6		End of transmissions
1967 Jul 10		Reentered

Payload:

• Deployable wire antenna

• Radio receiver, 1.68 MHz

• Radiation counter