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COSMOS 163

NORAD 2832 · Payload · Reentered 1967-10-11

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Launched
1967-06-05 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space science
Mass
280 kg
Size
2.1 × 1.3 m · 4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
171 × 201 km
Inclination
48.4°
Period
88.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0023
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.