Template:Infobox Spacecraft Kosmos 196 (Russian: Космос 196 meaning Cosmos 196), also known as DS-U1-G #2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 291-kilogram (642 lb) spacecraft,[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the effects of solar activity on the upper atmosphere.[2]
AKosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 196 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1atKapustin Yar.[3] The launch occurred at 06:30:07 GMT on 19 December 1967, and resulted in the successfully insertion of the satellite into low Earth orbit.[4] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1967-125A.[5] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 03074.
Kosmos 196 was the second of two DS-U1-G satellites to be launched,[2] after Kosmos 108.[6] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 220 kilometres (140 mi), an apogee of 810 kilometres (500 mi), 48.8 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 94.9 minutes.[7] It completed operations on 7 February 1968.[1] On 7 July 1968, it decayed from orbit and reentered the atmosphere.[7]
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