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Kosmos 1966

Soviet military early warning satellite

Field	Value
name	Kosmos 1966
mission_type	Early warning
COSPAR_ID	1988-076A
SATCAT	19445
mission_duration	4 years
spacecraft_type	US-K
launch_mass	1900 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Molniya-M/2BL
launch_site	Plesetsk Cosmodrome
decay_date
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Molniya
orbit_periapsis	640 km
orbit_apoapsis	39717 km
orbit_inclination	62.9 degrees
orbit_period	717.84 minutes
apsis	gee

Kosmos 1966 ( meaning Cosmos 1966) is a Soviet US-K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1988 as part of the Soviet military's Oko programme. The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors.

Kosmos 1966 was launched from Site 16/2 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR. A Molniya-M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch, which took place at 14:14 UTC on 30 August 1988. The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 1988-076A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 19445.

It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 10 November 2005.

References

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References

(2012-04-20). "Cosmos 1966". National Space Science Data Centre.
(2012-03-08). "US-K (73D6)". Gunter's Space Page.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page.

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