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Kosmos 107

Kosmos 107

A Zenit reentry capsule
Names	Zenit 2-35
Mission type	Optical imaging
Operator	OKB-1
COSPAR ID	1966-010A
SATCAT no.	1998
Mission duration	7 days, 21 hours and 37 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Zenit-2
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	4730 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	10 February 1966, 08:52:00 GMT
Rocket	Vostok-2
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6
Contractor	OKB-1
End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	18 February 1966, 06:29 GMT
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	204 km
Apogee altitude	310 km
Inclination	65.0°
Period	89.7 minutes
Epoch	10 February 1966
Zenit programme Zenit-2 ← Zenit 2-34 Zenit 2-36 →   Kosmos (satellites) ← Kosmos 106 Kosmos 108 →

Kosmos 107 (Russian: Космос 107 meaning Cosmos 107) or Zenit-2 No.35 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 107 was the thirty-fifth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched^[3][4] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).

Kosmos 107 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket^[5] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:52 GMT on 10 February 1966,^[6] and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-010A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01998.^[7]

Kosmos 107 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 10 February 1966, it had a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 310 kilometres (190 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.7 minutes.^[8] After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 107 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute, landing at 06:29 GMT on 18 February 1966, and recovered by Soviet force.^[9]

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