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Kosmos 156
Soviet weather satellite. Kosmos 156 was launched on April 27, 1967 aboard a Vostok 8A92M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 23, 1989).
COSPAR 1967-039ANORAD 2762Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-156
- Common name
- Kosmos 156
- Payload designation
- Meteor No. 7L
- Other names
- :C,:RC,11F614 No. N210-02-05:RA
- International designator
- 1967-039A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2762
- GCAT identifier
- S02762
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.165
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Meteor B
- Owner
- VNIIEM
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- All-Union Electromechanical Scientific Research Institute
- Platform (bus)
- Meteor
Launch
- Date
- April 27, 1967 · 12:50 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-039Success
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 582 km
- Apogee
- 640 km
- Inclination
- 81.19°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 23, 1989
- Last known active
- October 1967
- End of operations
- October 1967
Size
- Mass
- 1,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,250 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.40 m
- Span
- 4.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12248287 (CC0).