Cosmos-122 is the first Soviet meteorological satellite of the Meteor space system. It was launched on June 25, 1966 from platform No. 31 by the Vostok-2M launch vehicle . The satellite was designed at the All-Union Research Institute of Electromechanics. [1] It was intended for testing a system for obtaining satellite meteorological information, which received images of clouds, snow cover and ice fields on the illuminated and shadow sides of the Earth, and also measured the fluxes of outgoing radiation reflected and emitted by the Earth-atmosphere system. To transmit the image of the Earth's cloud cover to the Cosmos-122 satellite, a low-frame television system was used. He worked for 4 months [2] .
| Cosmos-122 | |
|---|---|
 Replica of Cosmos-122 | |
| Manufacturer |  FSUE NPP VNIIEM |
| Tasks | weather satellite |
| Satellite | Of the earth |
| Launch pad | Baikonur , PU No. 31/6 |
| Launch vehicle | Vostok-2M (8A92M) |
| Launch | June 25, 1966 10:19:00 UTC |
| Flight duration | 4 months |
| NSSDC ID | 1966-057A |
| SCN | 02254 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 4730 kg |
| Elements of the orbit | |
| Eccentricity | 0,001842 |
| Mood | 65 ° |
| Circulation period | 97.1 minutes |
| Apocenter | 625 km |
| Pericenter | 625 km |
The satellite’s launch was monitored by General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev and French President General Charles de Gaulle [3] .
Content
Satellite Orbital Data
- Perigee (km) - 625 km
- Apogee (km) - 625 km
- The period of revolution around the Earth - 97.1 minutes
- The angle of inclination of the orbital plane to the plane of the equator of the Earth - 65 °
See also
- TIROS-1 is the first weather satellite.
- Experimental satellites: Cosmos-14 , Cosmos-25 , Cosmos-144 and Cosmos-156
- Other satellites of the Meteor system: Cosmos-144 and Cosmos-156
Notes
- ↑ FSUE NPP VNIIEM
- ↑ Nature and man | Ocean and atmosphere | Atmosphere | Meteorological satellites
- ↑ Vladimir Platonov. "Palm" for Mr. President (Unavailable link) . “The mirror of the week. Ukraine ” (February 1, 2002). Date of treatment August 1, 2016. Archived on August 20, 2016.
Links
- Academician E. Fedorov, Head of the Hydrometeorological Service of the USSR, " Weather Station in Orbit ", Izvestia, August 21, 1966
- The composition of the Meteor system (inaccessible link) . Archived December 6, 2009.