Cosmos 381 (Russian: Космос 381) satellite provided data on the physical characteristics of the layers of the Earth's Ionosphere using a Mayak radio transmitter. The study covered almost the entire global surface.[1]
Launch
It was launched to a Low Earth Orbit by a Kosmos-3 rocket (11K65M) from the LC–132/2 starting point at Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 2 December 1970.
Orbit
Orbit was 971 x 1013km. Inclination 74 degrees. Decay into the Earth's atmosphere is expected after about 1,200 years.[1]
See also
External links
- Űrhajózási lexikon. Chief editor Iván Almár. Budapest: Akadémiai – Zrínyi. 1981. ISBN 963 05 2348 5
- Lib.Cas
- Nasa-Gsfc
- Astronautix
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