Kosmos 37

Kosmos 37
Mission type Optical imaging
COSPAR ID 1964-044A
SATCAT № 848
Mission duration 8 days[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Zenit-2
Manufacturer OKB-1
Launch mass 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date 14 August 1964, 09:36 (1964-08-14UTC09:36Z) UTC[2]
Rocket Vostok-2
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
End of mission
Disposal Recovered
Landing date 22 August 1964 (1964-08-23)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 203 kilometres (126 mi)
Apogee 285 kilometres (177 mi)
Inclination 64.9 degrees
Period 89.38 minutes
Epoch 19 August 1964[3]

Kosmos 37 (Russian: Космос 37 meaning Cosmos 37) or Zenit-2 No.22 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 37 was the twentieth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched[4][5] and had a mass of 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb).[1]

Kosmos 37 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number R15001-04,[6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 09:36 UTC on 14 August 1964,[2] and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1964-044A and the Satellite Catalog Number 848.[1]

Kosmos 37 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 19 August 1964 it had a perigee of 203 kilometres (126 mi), an apogee of 285 kilometres (177 mi) inclination of 64.9 degrees and an orbital period of 89.38 minutes.[3] During the mission one of the satellite's film reels snapped, resulting in the associated camera only taking some of the images it had been programmed to produce.[1] On 22 August 1964, after eight days in orbit, Kosmos 37 was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cosmos 37". National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit-2 (11F61)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  5. 1 2 Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Vostok 8A92". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
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