Kosmos 112

  1966-021A

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Zenit-2 No. 37 was the first orbital launch from the NIIP-53 range at Plesetsk in northern Russia, which was to become the main Soviet launch site. It entered a 72 degree orbit with an unusually high apogee of 545 km. The spacecraft was recovered in Kazakhstan after an eight day flight. 

Kosmos-112
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Mar 17	1028	Launch by Vostok 8A92	NIIP-53 LC41/1
	1033	Blok-E burn
	1038?	Blok-E sep
			92.1 214 x 565 x 72 (TASS)
	2000		92.1 207 x 545 x 72.1 (RAE)
1966 Mar 25	0511?	Deorbit
	0531?	Landed after 7.79d