langs: 2 апреля [ru] / april 2 [en] / 2. april [de] / 2 avril [fr] / 2 aprile [it] / 2 de abril [es]
days: march 30 / march 31 / april 1 / april 2 / april 3 / april 4 / april 5
Cosmonaut / Cosmonaut
#1 Deke Slayton
Donald Kent " Deke " Slayton (March 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993) was a United States Air Force pilot , aeronautical engineer , and test pilot who was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts . He went on to become NASA's first Chief of the Astronaut Office and Director of Flight Cre
- ... n Albuquerque, New Mexico , along with fellow future astronauts Scott Carpenter and Jim Lovell . On april 2, 1959, Slayton was notified of his selection as an astronaut. He moved his family from Edwards Air F ...
#2 Charles Bolden
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) [1] is a former Administrator of NASA , a retired United States Marine Corps Major General , and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. Former NASA administrator, Major-General, and astronaut For the jazz musician, see Buddy Bolden
- ... 2 – 18, 1986) and STS-31 (April 24 – 29, 1990), and was the mission commander on STS-45 (March 24 – april 2, 1992), and STS-60 (February 3 – 11, 1994). Bolden was the first person to ride the Launch Complex 3 ...
- ... ate an auroral discharge. Following 143 orbits of Earth, Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center on april 2, 1992. Bolden on the flight deck of Discovery during STS-60 Bolden commanded STS-60 's crew of six a ...
#3 Aleksandr Skvortsov (cosmonaut)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov ( Russian : Aлександр Aлександрович Скворцов ; born May 6, 1966) is a Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of three spaceflights , which were long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station . His first spaceflight took place from April to September 2010
- ... along with fellow Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Korniyenko and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson , on april 2, 2010, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He celebrated his 44 birthday in space aboard the ...
#4 Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Tracy Caldwell Dyson (born Tracy Ellen Caldwell ; August 14, 1969) is an American chemist and NASA astronaut . Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Endeavour flight STS-118 in August 2007 and part of the Expedition 23 and Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station from
- ... sisted of a 6 month mission to the International Space Station . [12] After a successful liftoff on april 2, 2010 from the Baikonur spaceport on board the Soyuz TMA-18 as Board Engineer 2 with Soyuz Commander ...
#5 Michael López-Alegría
Michael López-Alegría (born Miguel Eladio López Alegría on May 30, 1958) is an astronaut , test pilot and commercial astronaut with dual nationality, American and Spanish; [2] a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten
- ... z-Alegría is the second most experienced spacewalker overall, behind Russia's Anatoly Solovyev . On april 2, 2007, López-Alegría set the record for the longest space mission of any American astronaut. When he ...
#6 Kathryn D. Sullivan
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist and oceanographer , and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. "Kathryn Sullivan" redirects here. For other uses, see Kathryn Sullivan (disambiguation) . American geolo
- ... the luminosity induced with a special camera. [37] Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center on april 2, 1992. [34] Sullivan left NASA in 1993. She had flown on three Space Shuttle missions and logged 532 ...
#7 Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin ( / ˈ ɔː l d r ɪ n / ; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. ; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut , engineer and fighter pilot . He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander
- ... s pilots pose for a photo with Aldrin prior to his flight at an air show in Melbourne, Florida , on april 2, 2017. Aldrin became the oldest person to fly with the Thunderbirds. [126] DETACHED ADAPTER PANEL SI ...
#8 Brian Duffy (astronaut)
Brian Duffy (born June 20, 1953, Boston, Massachusetts ) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut . He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions. Former American astronaut This article is about the American astronaut. For other uses, see Brian Duffy (disambiguation) . Brian Duff
- ... 9 seconds in space. [5] SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE Duffy was the pilot on STS-45 Atlantis (March 24 to april 2, 1992), the first of the ATLAS series of missions to address the atmosphere and its interaction with ...
#9 Dirk Frimout
Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge , Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency . He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-45 as a payload specialist [1] , making him the first Belgian in space [2] . Belgian astronaut The Viscount Frimou
- ... f Spacelab-1 experiments [3] . Frimout flew as a payload specialist on STS-45 Atlantis (24 March to 2 april 1992). STS-45 was launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center , Florida . It was ...
#10 David Leestma
David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article needs to b
- ... on specialist on STS-41-G (October 5–13, 1984), STS-28 (August 8–13, 1989), and STS-45 (March 24 to april 2, 1992). SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE STS-41-G Challenger , launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , ...
- ... ribute significantly to improving our understanding of our climate and atmosphere. STS-45 landed on april 2, 1992, on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, after completing 142 orbits of the Earth. ...
#11 Aleksandr Samokutyaev
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyaev ( Russian : Александр Михайлович Самокутяев ; born 13 March 1970 in Penza , Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. Samokutyaev served as a Flight Engineer for the International Space Station (ISS) long duration Expedition 27 / 28 missions
- ... ng as a backup commander and, from 2009, as a flight engineer. During the launch of Soyuz TMA-18 on 2 april 2010 he served as a backup commander of the Soyuz spacecraft. EXPEDITION 27/28 Alexander Samokutyae ...
#12 Mikhail Kornienko
Mikhail Borisovich Kornienko (Михаил Борисович Корниенко; born 15 April 1960) is a Russian cosmonaut . Kornienko served as a flight engineer on the International Space Station during Expedition 23 / 24 and was selected along with Scott Kelly for a year-long mission aboard the ISS. [1] Russian cosmon
- ... the space station as a Flight Engineer, being part of the Expedition 23 / 24 crew. He lifted off on 2 april 2010, along with fellow Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dys ...
Museum / Museum
#1 Quonset Air Museum
The Quonset Air Museum was an aerospace museum located at Quonset Point Air National Guard Station in North Kingstown, Rhode Island . Aviation museum in North Kingstown, Rhode Island Quonset Air Museum Location within Rhode Island Established 1992 Dissolved 2016 Location North Kingstown, Rhode Islan
- ... ary 2016, plans for a new museum were announced. [7] The museum was originally supposed to leave by april 2, but it was given an extension. [8] Later, in June, a $4 million request for state funding failed to ...
#2 Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Flight Facility ( WFF ) ( IATA : WAL , ICAO : KWAL , FAA LID : WAL ) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia , United States , just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk . The facility is operated b
- ... date and budget cuts the entire NSIP program, SEM and Sub-SEM included, was shut down. ACCIDENTS On april 2, 1957, a Lockheed P2V-6 Neptune exploded in midair after takeoff from what was then known as Naval A ...
#3 Western Development Museum
The Western Development Museum is a network of four museums in Saskatchewan , Canada preserving and recording the social and economic development of the province . The museum has branches in Moose Jaw , North Battleford , Saskatoon and Yorkton . Respectively, each branch focuses on a different theme
- ... katchewan Western Development Museum Saskatoon branch of the Western Development Museum Established april 2, 1949 ; 73 years ago ( 1949-04-02 ) Location Moose Jaw , North Battleford , Saskatoon and Yorkton . ...
#4 Virginia Museum of Transportation
The Virginia Museum of Transportation is a museum devoted to the topic of transportation located in Downtown Roanoke , Virginia , US. Transport museum in Roanoke, Virginia Virginia Museum of Transportation Location within the United States Established April 1986 ( 1986-04 ) Location Roanoke, Vir
- ... . 1218 were originally property of the city of Roanoke due to the museum's original charter. On the april 2, 2012, VMT's 50 Birthday, the city officially gave the locomotives to the museum. [3] The Norfolk an ...
Spacecraft / Spacecraft
#1 Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ( FGST , [3] also FGRST ), formerly called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope ( GLAST ), is a space observatory being used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low Earth orbit . Its main instrument is the Large Area Telescope (LAT), with which as
- ... lative to its orbit to maximize solar power. The next day the GBM instrument was turned back on. On 2 april , operators turned LAT on and it resumed operations on 8 April. Alternative observation strategies a ...
#2 Soyuz TMA-18
Soyuz TMA-18 was a 2010 Soyuz flight to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-18 was the 105th crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first crewed flight in 1967. 2010 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-18 Soyuz TMA-18 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2 April 2010. Mission
- ... Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS Soyuz TMA-18 Soyuz TMA-18 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, 2 april 2010. Mission type Crewed mission to ISS Operator Roscosmos COSPAR ID 2010-011A SATCAT no. 36505 Mi ...
- ... sov Mikhail Kornienko Tracy Caldwell Dyson Callsign утес ("cliff") [1] Start of mission Launch date 2 april 2010, 04:04 UTC [2] [3] Rocket Soyuz-FG Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Landing date ...
- ... drei Borisenko , Roscosmos Flight Engineer 2 Scott Kelly , NASA LAUNCH After a successful launch on 2 april 2010, the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft transported cosmonauts Alexander Svortsov, Mikhail Kornienko and ...
#3 Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2
The Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (also known as Boe OFT-2 ) was a repeat of Boeing's unsuccessful first Orbital Flight Test (OFT-1) of its Starliner spacecraft . The uncrewed mission was part of NASA 's Commercial Crew Program . [1] OFT-2, using Starliner Spacecraft 2 , launched 19 May 2022 and last
- ... e for the OFT-2 mission. [18] [11] In February 2021, the launch date shifted to 25 March 2021, then 2 april 2021, then mid April 2021. During April 2021, the launch was scheduled for August/September 2021, w ...
#4 SpaceX CRS-14
SpaceX CRS-14 , also known as SpX-14 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 2 April 2018. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX . This mission reused the Falcon 9 first stage booster previously flown on CRS-12 and the Dragon ca
- ... s SpX-14 , was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched on 2 april 2018. The mission was contracted by NASA and was flown by SpaceX . This mission reused the Falcon 9 ...
- ... kg (9,300 lb) Dimensions Height: 6.1 m (20 ft) Diameter: 3.7 m (12 ft) Start of mission Launch date 2 april 2018, 20:30:38 ( 2018-04-02UTC20:30:38 ) UTC [2] Rocket Falcon 9 Full Thrust Launch site Cape Canav ...
- ... ary 2018. [9] The flight had been delayed from 9 February and 13 March 2018. [2] Launch occurred on 2 april 2018 at 20:30 UTC on a Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Laun ...
#5 USA-212
USA-212 [1] was the first flight of the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 1 ( X-37B OTV-1 ), an American robotic vertical-takeoff, horizontal-landing (VTHL) spaceplane . It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on 22 April 2010, and operated in low Earth orbit . Its designation i
- ... the spacecraft, the Atlas rocket was moved to the launch pad and performed a wet dress rehearsal on 2 april 2010. [12] It was returned to the Vertical Integration Facility the next day for final assembly. [1 ...
#6 Intelsat 15
Intelsat 15 , also known as IS-15 , is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat . Intelsat 15 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation , on a Star-2.4 . [2] It is located at 85° E longitude on the geostationary orbit . It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome to a geosynchronous transfer orbi
- ... rabic Sea, and East IOR Beam, covering the Eastern Asia coast and Pacific Ocean. [5] [9] HISTORY On april 2, 2007, JSAT Corporation (now SKY Perfect JSAT Group ) announced an agreement to purchase a payload c ...
#7 Progress M-41
Progress M-41 ( Russian : Прогресс M-41 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1999 to resupply the Mir space station and carry the Sputnik 99 satellite. [5] Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-41 A Progress-M spacecraft Mission type Mir resupply COSPAR ID 19
- ... gress (No.241) Spacecraft type Progress-M [2] Manufacturer RKK Energia Start of mission Launch date 2 april 1999, 11:28:43 UTC [1] Rocket Soyuz-U [2] Launch site Baikonur , Site 1/5 End of mission Disposal D ...
- ... altitude 194 km [4] Apogee altitude 249 km [4] Inclination 51.6° [4] Period 88.6 minutes [4] Epoch 2 april 1999 Docking with Mir Docking port Kvant-1 aft [4] Docking date 4 April 1999, 12:46:50 UTC Undockin ...
- ... 9, 11:24 UTC Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-40 Progress M-42 → LAUNCH Progress M-41 launched on 2 april 1999 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [6] DOCKING Progres ...
#8 TRACE
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer ( TRACE , or Explorer 73 , SMEX-4 ) was a NASA heliophysics and solar observatory designed to investigate the connections between fine-scale magnetic fields and the associated plasma structures on the Sun by providing high resolution images and observation of t
- ... in the solar atmosphere. TRACE is the third spacecraft in the Small Explorer program , launched on 2 april 1998, and obtained its last science image on 21 June 2010, at 23:56 UTC . [3] NASA satellite of the ...
- ... 550 lb) Dimensions 1.9 × 1.1 m (6 ft 3 in × 3 ft 7 in) Power 220 watts Start of mission Launch date 2 april 1998, 02:42:39 UTC Rocket Pegasus XL (F21) Launch site Vandenberg , Stargazer Contractor Orbital Sc ...
#9 1KUNS-PF
1KUNS-PF ( 1st Kenyan University NanoSatellite-Precursor Flight ) was the first Kenyan owned satellite to be launched into space. [3] [4] The cubesat was developed and assembled by the University of Nairobi. Technical support was provided by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency and it was launched f
- ... ype 1U CubeSat Launch mass 1 kg (2.2 lb) Dimensions 10 cm (4 in) cubed Start of mission Launch date 2 april 2018 UTC Launch site Kennedy LC-39A Contractor SpaceX Entered service 11 May 2018, 10:51 UTC End of ...
- ... illion dollars. [6] The satellite orbited 400 kilometers above the Earth. [7] LAUNCH AND PURPOSE On 2 april 2018, the satellite was carried on the International Space Station on board a SpaceX CRS-14 which w ...
#10 Zond 1
Zond 1 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program . It was the second Soviet research spacecraft to reach Venus , although communications had failed by that time. It carried a 90 cm spherical landing capsule, containing experiments for chemical analysis of the atmosphere , gamma-ray measurements
- ... ) Dimensions 3.6 m (12 ft) tall 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) diameter Start of mission Launch date 02:42 : 40, april 2, 1964 (UTC) ( 1964-04-02T02 : 42 : 40Z ) Rocket Molniya 8K78M Launch site Baikonur LC-1/5 End of mis ...
- ... ation found that the problem was easily resolved. The spacecraft, a Venera 3MV -1 , was launched on april 2, 1964 from Tyuratam and this time the launch vehicle performed flawlessly. During the cruise phase, ...
#11 Irazú (satellite)
Irazú was the first Costa Rican satellite to be launched into space. [2] [3] The nanosatellite was launched into space on 2 April 2018, onboard a Falcon 9 rocket headed for the International Space Station. It was expected to orbit the Earth for six months with the function of monitoring carbon, humi
- ... sta Rican satellite to be launched into space. [2] [3] The nanosatellite was launched into space on 2 april 2018, onboard a Falcon 9 rocket headed for the International Space Station. It was expected to orbi ...
- ... ype 1U CubeSat Launch mass 1 kg (2.2 lb) Dimensions 10 cm (4 in) cubed Start of mission Launch date 2 april 2018 ( 2018-04-02 ) UTC Rocket Falcon 9 FT , CRS-14 Launch site Kennedy LC-39A Contractor SpaceX En ...
- ... kstarter , about 800 donors from all over the world helped to raise the funds needed. [9] LAUNCH On 2 april 2018, the satellite was carried to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard a Falcon 9 rocket ...
#12 Luna 4
Luna 4 , or E-6 No.4 (Ye-6 series), sometimes known in the West as Sputnik 26 , was a Soviet spacecraft launched as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon . Following a successful launch, the spacecraft failed to perform a course correction and as a result it missed t
- ... No.4 [2] Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch mass 1,422 kilograms (3,135 lb) [3] Start of mission Launch date april 2, 1963, 08:04:00 ( 1963-04-02UTC08:04Z ) UTC [1] Rocket Molniya-L 8K78/E6 Launch site Baikonur 1/5 [2 ...
- ... titude 694,000 kilometres (431,000 mi) [5] Inclination 65.0 degrees [5] Period 24.21 days [5] Epoch april 2, 1963 [5] Lunar flyby (failed landing) Closest approach April 6, 1963, 1:24 UT [3] Distance 8,336.2 ...
- ... 6 No.2 Luna E-6 No.5 → MISSION Luna 4 was launched by a Molniya-L carrier rocket at 08:16:37 UTC on april 2, 1963. Launch occurred from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . After reaching an initial parking ...
#13 International Space Station
The International Space Station ( ISS ) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). [7] [8] The own
- ... -3 H1 2023 Crew Dragon Crewed Falcon 9 Block 5 Kennedy LC-39A SpaceX Harmony forward or zenith HTV-X 2 april 2023 [275] HTV-X Uncrewed H3-24L Tanegashima LA-Y2 JAXA Harmony nadir SpX-28 5 June 2023 [275] [278 ...
#14 Progress MS-02
Progress MS-02 ( Russian : Прогресс МC-02 ), identified by NASA as Progress 63P , was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016. It was launched to deliver cargo to the ISS. 2016 Russian resupply spaceflight to the ISS Progress MS-02 Progr
- ... c orbit Regime Low Earth orbit Inclination 51.66° Docking with ISS Docking port Zvezda Docking date 2 april 2016, 17:58 UTC Undocking date 14 October 2016, 09:37 UTC Time docked 195 days Payload Tomsk-TPU 12 ...
- ... stan . DOCKING Progress MS-02 docked successfully with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module on 2 april 2016 at 17:58 UTC. CARGO The Progress MS-02 spacecraft carried 2425 kg of cargo and supplies to the ...
#15 SpaceX CRS-3
SpaceX CRS-3 , also known as SpX-3 , [4] was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station (ISS), contracted to NASA , which was launched on 18 April 2014. It was the fifth flight for SpaceX 's uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft and the third SpaceX operational mission contr
- ... ed several spacewalks to mitigate. [14] On 12 March 2014, the launch was rescheduled to 30 March or 2 april 2014, for a variety of reasons including data buffering issues, working some issues with the Easter ...
#16 CoRoT
CoRoT (French: Co nvection, Ro tation et T ransits planétaires ; English: Co nvection, Ro tation and planetary T ransits) was a space telescope mission which operated from 2006 to 2013. The mission's two objectives were to search for extrasolar planets with short orbital periods, particularly those
- ... LRa03 , from 30 September 2009 to 1 March 2010 – 5,289 stars observed; SRa03 , from 1 March 2010 to 2 april 2010; LRc05 , from 2 April 2010 to 5 July 2010; LRc06 , from 5 July 2010 to 27 September 2010; LRa0 ...
- ... 009 to 1 March 2010 – 5,289 stars observed; SRa03 , from 1 March 2010 to 2 April 2010; LRc05 , from 2 april 2010 to 5 July 2010; LRc06 , from 5 July 2010 to 27 September 2010; LRa04 , from 27 September 2010 ...
#17 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 ( Korean : 광명성 3호 ; Hanja : 光明星3號 ; lit. Bright Star-3 [2] or Lode Star-3 [3] ) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK , was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile t
- ... orean claim Satellite name 1 August 31, 1998 Taepodong-1 Akita No Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-1 2 april 5, 2009 Unha-2 Akita , Iwate Yes Satellite launch Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 3 December 12, 2012 Unha-3 Okina ...
#18 Intelsat 901
Intelsat 901 ( IS-901 ) was the first of nine new Intelsat satellites launched in June 2001 at 18° West, providing Ku-band spot beam coverage for Europe and C-band coverage for the Atlantic Ocean region. It is capable of selectable split uplink for Satellite news gathering (SNG), tailored for increa
- ... and Northrop Grumman announced that Intelsat 901 had officially returned to operational service on 2 april 2020 at its new orbital longitude. The satellite replaces Intelsat 907 , a 17-year-old satellite no ...
#19 UBAKUSAT
UBAKUSAT was a Turkish nanosatellite that was developed by Istanbul Technical University . It was launched into space on board a Falcon-9 rocket in April 2018 and was deployed into its orbit from the International Space Station in May 2018. It was built as a technology demonstration and earth observ
- ... ing Laboratory Launch mass 3 kg (6.6 lb) Dimensions 10 cm (4 in) cubed Start of mission Launch date 2 april 2018 ( 2018-04-02 ) UTC Rocket Falcon 9 FT , CRS-14 Launch site Kennedy LC-39A Contractor SpaceX En ...
- ... several tests at the space centre to simulate conditions that will be faced in space. [9] LAUNCH On 2 april 2018, the satellite was carried on the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Falcon-9 rocket ...
#20 Kosmos 64
Kosmos 64 ( Russian : Космос 64 meaning Cosmos 64 ) or Zenit-2 No.17 was a Soviet , first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 64 was the twenty-sixth of eighty-one such spacecraft to be launched [3] [4] and had a mass
- ... 06 Launch site Baikonur , Site 31/6 Contractor OKB-1 End of mission Disposal Recovered Landing date 2 april 1965 Orbital parameters Reference system Geocentric [2] Regime Low Earth Perigee altitude 201 km Ap ...
- ... ogee of 267 kilometres (166 mi) , an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.2 minutes. On 2 april 1965, after eight days in orbit, Kosmos 64 was deorbited with its return capsule descending by para ...