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Kosmos 110
Mission typeBiosciences
OperatorOKB-1
COSPAR ID1966-015A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.2070
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftVostok-3KV No.5
Launch mass5,700 kilograms (12,600 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date22 February 1966, 20:09:36 (1966-02-22UTC20:09:36) UTC
RocketVoskhod
Launch siteBaikonur 31/6
End of mission
Landing date16 March 1966, 14:09:00 (1966-03-16UTC14:10) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLEO
Eccentricity0.05001
Perigee altitude190 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude882 kilometres (548 mi)
Inclination51.85°
Period89.2 minutes

Kosmos 110 (Russian: Космос 110 meaning Cosmos 110) was a Soviet spacecraft launched on 22 February 1966 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Voskhod rocket. It carried two dogs, Veterok and Ugolyok.

Mission

It incorporated a re-entry body (capsule) for landing scientific instruments and test objects. It was a biological satellite that made a sustained biomedical experiment through the Van Allen radiation belts with the dogs Veterok and Ugolyok. On March 16, after 22 days in orbit around the Earth, they were safely landed.[1]

This spaceflight of record-breaking duration was not surpassed by humans until Soyuz 11 in June 1971, and still stands as the longest space flight by dogs.[citation needed]

Details

Other Names

  • 02070

See also

References

  1. ^ NASA National Space Science Data Center: Cosmos 110