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Kosmos 132

Kosmos 132

Mission type	Optical imaging reconnaissance
Operator	OKB-1
COSPAR ID	1966-106A
SATCAT no.	02599
Mission duration	8 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Zenit-2
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	4730 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	19 November 1966 08:09:00 GMT[2]
Rocket	Vostok-2 s/n N15001-08
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/6
Contractor	OKB-1
End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	27 November 1966 07:12 GMT[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	210 km
Apogee altitude	276 km
Inclination	65.0°
Period	89.3 minutes
Epoch	19 November 1966

Kosmos 132 (Russian: Космос 132 meaning Cosmos 132) or Zenit-2 No.46 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 132 was the forty-third of eighty-one such satellites to be launched^[4][5] and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).^[1]

Kosmos 132 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number N15001-08,^[6] flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:09 GMT on 19 November 1966, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1966-106A and the Satellite Catalog Number 02599.^[1]

Kosmos 132 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 19 November 1966, it had a perigee of 210 kilometres (130 mi), an apogee of 276 kilometres (171 mi), an inclination of 65.0°, and an orbital period of 89.3 minutes.^[2] After spending eight days in orbit, Kosmos 132 was deorbited with its return capsule descending under parachute, landing at 07:12 GMT on 27 November 1966, and recovered by Soviet force.^[3]

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