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Kosmos (Russian: Ко́смос, IPA:, [1] meaning "(outer) space" or "Kosmos") is a designation given to many satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia. Kosmos 1 , the first spacecraft to be given a Kosmos designation, was launched on 16 March 1962.
It was the fourth flight of the Kosmos-2I, and the second to successfully reach orbit. The launch was conducted from Mayak-2 at Kapustin Yar , and occurred at 17:16:00 GMT on 6 April 1962. [ 5 ] Kosmos 2 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 215 kilometres (134 mi), an apogee of 1,488 kilometres (925 mi), an inclination of 49.0 ...
The first launch from Site 43/4 followed on 25 July 1967. After its decommissioning as a missile base, the complex was repurposed for space launches. The first orbital launch occurred on 3 December 1969, when a Voskhod rocket carried the Kosmos 313 satellite into orbit. Both pads suffered significant damage due to explosions in the 1980s.
But in 1961 the name became publicly known as the name of Yuri Gagarin's spacecraft so the "Vostok 2" reconnaissance satellite was renamed "Zenit 2". [ 6 ] The first Zenit launch attempt took place on 11 December 1961, but there was a fault in the rocket's third stage and the spacecraft was destroyed using its destruct charge.
The Kobalt-M was an improved version of the Kobalt satellite and the first one was launched as Kosmos 2410 in 2004. It returned three sets of film during its mission. The first two landed in film return canisters (called SpK - Spuskayemaya Kapsula) and a final set of film returned in the satellite's special equipment module.
Space Power (SPTV) (Arabic: سبيس باور or سبيسباور) is a former teens-adults Arab TV channel & a still active programming block featuring anime programs targeted at the teens & adults audience, ages 12 to 50.
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Kosmos 9 (Russian: Космос 9 meaning Cosmos 9), also known as Zenit-2 No.5, was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. It was the ninth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the third successful launch of a Soviet reconnaissance satellite, following Kosmos 4 and Kosmos 7 .