Soviet Space Program Kosmos-2I DS-K-40 2

Name: Soviet Space Program Kosmos-2I DS-K-40 2
Start: 1966-02-21T13:30:00.000Z
Location: 86/1

Kosmos-2I

Status

Failure

Date

21 FEB 1966

13:30

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

86/1

Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

DS-K-40 was a series of experimental ELINT satellites developed by Yuzhnoye to test technologies for the Tselina-O program.

Rocket

Kosmos-2I

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977.

Height

31 m

Diameter

1.6 m

Launch Mass

48 T