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Kosmos 173
Soviet satellite. Kosmos 173 was launched on August 24, 1967 aboard a Kosmos 11K63 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Dec 17, 1967).
COSPAR 1967-081ANORAD 2921Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-173
- Common name
- Kosmos 173
- Payload designation
- DS-P1-Yu No. 8L
- International designator
- 1967-081A
- NORAD catalog number
- 2921
- GCAT identifier
- S02921
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.172
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DS-P1-Yu A
- Owner
- Yuzhnoe
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- DS-P1
Launch
- Date
- August 24, 1967 · 04:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1967-081Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 261 km
- Apogee
- 471 km
- Inclination
- 71.04°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- December 17, 1967
- Last known active
- Dec 3, 1967
- End of operations
- Dec 3, 1967
Size
- Mass
- 200 kg
- Dry mass
- 200 kg
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 1.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q51551 (CC0).