Kosmos 140
Soviet uncrewed flight of the Soyuz programme / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kosmos 140 (Russian: Космос 140 meaning Cosmos 140), Soyuz 7K-OK No.3, was an uncrewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft.[3] It was the third attempted test flight of the Soyuz 7K-OK model, after orbital (Kosmos 133) and launch (Soyuz 11A511) failures of the first two Soyuz spacecraft.
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Mission type | Test flight |
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Operator | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
COSPAR ID | 1967-009A |
SATCAT no. | 02667 |
Mission duration | 2 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-OK No.3 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-OK |
Manufacturer | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
Launch mass | 6450 kg[1] |
Landing mass | 2500 kg |
Dimensions | 7.13 m (23.4 ft) long 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in) wide |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 February 1967, 03:21 GMT[2] |
Rocket | Soyuz 11A511 s/n U15000-03 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5[1] |
Contractor | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 9 February 1967 |
Landing site | Aral Sea, Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 165.0 km |
Apogee altitude | 218.0 km |
Inclination | 51.7° |
Period | 88.5 minutes |
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