Mission type Biosciences SATCAT no. 2070 Reference system Geocentric Dates 22 Feb 1966 – 14 Mar 1966 Landing date 16 March 1966 | COSPAR ID 1966-015A Spacecraft Vostok-3KV No.5 Period 1.5 hours Launch date 22 February 1966 | |
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Launch mass 5,700 kilograms (12,600 lb) Operator S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia | ||
Kosmos 110 (Russian: Космос 110 meaning Cosmos 110) was a Soviet spacecraft launched on 22 February 1966 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Voskhod rocket. It carried two dogs, Veterok and Ugolyok.
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It incorporated a re-entry body (capsule) for landing scientific instruments and test objects. It was a biological satellite that made a sustained biomedical experiment through the Van Allen radiation belts with the dogs Veterok and Ugolyok. On March 16, after 22 days in orbit around the Earth, they were safely landed.
This spaceflight of record-breaking duration was not surpassed by humans until Soyuz 11 in June 1971, and still stands as the longest space flight by dogs.
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