Soviet Space Program Kosmos-2I Sputnik 15

Name: Soviet Space Program Kosmos-2I Sputnik 15
Start: 1962-05-28T03:00:00.000Z
Location: Mayak-2

Kosmos-2I

Status

Success

Date

28 MAY 1962

03:00

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

Mayak-2

Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

This was the second 2MS satellite. It re-entered the atmosphere on May 2, 1963.

Rocket

Kosmos-2I

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Elliptical 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