Monday, August 2, 1999

Kosmos 4

  1962-014


The first successful Zenit-2 spacecraft, 11F61 No. 2, was launched in Apr 1962 by an 8K72K rocket from Baikonur. The three-axis stabilization system suffered a gas leak and the spacecraft tumbled in orbit. Nevertheless, the satellite was recovered after a three day flight. Results from on board radiation detectors were announced publicly.


Kosmos-4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Apr 26  1002  Launch by Vostok 8K72K  KB 
 1006  Blok-A sep 
 1012  Blok-E sep  
   90.6 298 x 330 x 65.0 (TASS) 
 1200   90.53 285 x 317 x 65.0 (RAE) 
1962 Apr 29  0850? Deorbit 
 0910?  Landed after 3.0d 

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