Kosmos 139

  1967-005A

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The OGCh flight on 1967 Jan 25 was the first to be acknowledged, with the name Kosmos-139. According to US documents, it was the first to successfully return a reentry vehicle. It is believed to have landed at Novaya Kazanka (US sources thought the target was 'near Kapustin Yar').

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Kosmos-139
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Jan 25	1355	Launch by 8K69	KB LC162
	1357	Stage 2 burn
	1400	Stage 2 sep, orbit insertion	88.0 144 x 210 x 49.7
			87.33 123 x 160 x 49.7 (TLE)
	1524?	Deorbit
	1525?	Retro sep
	1527?	Impact near GTsP4