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COSMOS 51

DecayedPayloadLEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
December 9, 1964 at 11:00 PM UTC
Launch site
Kapustin Yar, Russia
Launched by
Kosmos-2I →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
DS-MT 3
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
178 km
Periapsis
178 km
Inclination
48.74°
Orbital period
88.05 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1964-080A
NORAD catalog №
947
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
November 14, 1965

End of mission

Last active / ended
November 14, 1965
Time in service
340 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed