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Kosmos 163
Soviet artificial satellite. Kosmos 163 was launched on June 5, 1967 aboard a Kosmos 11K63 from Kapustin Yar. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 11, 1967).
COSPAR 1967-056ANORAD 2832Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-163
- Common name
- Kosmos 163
- Payload designation
- DS-U2-MP No. 2
- International designator
- 1967-056A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2832
- GCAT identifier
- S02832
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.167
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DS-U2-MP
- Owner
- Yuzhnoe
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- DS-U2
Launch
- Date
- June 5, 1967 · 05:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-056Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Spaceport
- Kapustin Yar · pad LC86/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 251 km
- Apogee
- 549 km
- Inclination
- 48.40°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 11, 1967
- Last known active
- Oct 11, 1967
- End of operations
- Oct 11, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 280 kg
- Dry mass
- 280 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 Q51548 (CC0).