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Cosmos 159
Lunar test launch.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar test launch. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1967-046; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 16 May 1967, 21:43:57 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M
- Orbit
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 1967?
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 159
Lunar test launch.
- GCAT ID
- S02805
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 1,300 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-5A
- Dimensions
- 4.5 m long · 2 m diameter · 4.5 m span
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