Kosmos 143

  1967-017A

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Zenit-2 No. 45 flew an 8 day, 65 degree standard Baikonur mission. The launch saw a return to pad 1 for the Zenit-2 program. The 8A92 rocket placed the Zenit-2 in an orbit whose period was 22.8 seconds off from the planned one, corresponding to a 25 km altitude error. 

Kosmos-143
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Feb 27	0845	Launch by Vostok 8A92	NIIP-5 LC1
	0849	Blok-E burn
	0855?	Blok-E cutoff, orbit insertion
	0855?	Blok-E sep
			89.5 204 x 302 x 65 (TASS)
	1700		89.5 204 x 297 x 65.0 (RAE)
1967 Feb 28	0515		89.50 202 x 296 x 65.0
1967 Mar 7	0241		89.34 199 x 283 x 65.0
1967 Mar 7	0535?	Deorbit
	0605	Landed after 7.9d