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Kosmos 117

Kosmos 117

Mission type	Optical imaging reconnaissance
Operator	OKB-1
COSPAR ID	1966-037A
SATCAT no.	02163
Mission duration	8 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Zenit-2
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	4730 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	6 May 1966, 11:02:00 GMT[2]
Rocket	Vostok-2 s/n N15001-01
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/6
Contractor	OKB-1
End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	14 May 1966, 08:24 GMT[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	205 km
Apogee altitude	298 km
Inclination	65.0°
Period	89.5 minutes
Epoch	6 May 1966

Kosmos 117 (Russian: Космос 117 meaning Cosmos 117) or Zenit-2 No.39 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 117 was the thirty-eighth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched^[4][5] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).

Kosmos 117 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number N15001-01,^[6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 11:02 GMT on 6 May 1966, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-037A and the Satellite Catalog Number 02163.^[1]

Kosmos 117 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 6 May 1966, it had a perigee of 205 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 298 kilometres (185 mi), an inclination of 65.0°, and an orbital period of 89.5 minutes.^[2] After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 117 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 08:24 GMT on 14 May 1966 and recovered by Soviet force.^[3]

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