- Home
- Spacecraft
- Kosmos 137
Kosmos 137
Soviet satellite. Kosmos 137 was launched on December 21, 1966 aboard a Kosmos 63S1 from Kapustin Yar. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 23, 1967).
COSPAR 1966-117ANORAD 2627Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-137
- Common name
- Kosmos 137
- Payload designation
- DS-U2-D No. 1
- International designator
- 1966-117A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2627
- GCAT identifier
- S02627
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.151
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DS-U2-D
- Owner
- Yuzhnoe
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- DS-U2
Launch
- Date
- December 21, 1966 · 13:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 1966-117Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 63S1
- Spaceport
- Kapustin Yar · pad LC86/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 221 km
- Apogee
- 1,623 km
- Inclination
- 48.80°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 23, 1967
- Last known active
- May 12, 1967
- End of operations
- May 12, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 237 kg
- Dry mass
- 237 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q51536 (CC0).