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The mission
UV background. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1964-080; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 December 1964, 23:00 UTC
- Launch location
- GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya
- Launch vehicle
- Kosmos 63S1
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 4 January 1965
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 51
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- GCAT ID
- S00947
- Manufacturer
- OKB-586 (KB M. K. Yangel)
- Launch mass
- 247 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.8 m long · 1.2 m diameter · 1.8 m span
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Gallery
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