1965-015A
The next Zenit-4 spacecraft was No. 11; from now on the Zenit-2 and Zenit-4 payloads would be launched significantly out of production number sequence, suggesting that a large production line was underway by this time. This Zenit-4 carried a special experiment: the adapter for the Volga airlock was mounted outside the cabin. After Voskhod-2's spacewalk, its Volga airlock would be jettisoned leaving the thin adapter ring still attached to the cabin; Korolyov was concerned that the ring would destabilize the cabin on reentry, and this test flight proved there was no problem.
| Kosmos-59 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Mar 7 | 0859:28 | Launch by 11A57 | KB |
| 0909? | Blok-I sep | 89.78 217 x 310 x 65.0 | |
| 1965 Mar 7 | 89.78 219 x 306 x 65.0 | ||
| 1965 Mar 8 | 89.79 205 x 322 x 65.0 | ||
| 1205? | Volga airlock jettison | ||
| 1965 Mar 15 | 0655? | Deorbit | |
| 0715? | Landed | ||
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