Mission type Optical imaging SATCAT no. 2107 Spacecraft type Zenit-2 Rocket Vostok-2 | COSPAR ID 1966-021A Mission duration 8 days Launch date 17 March 1966 Launch site Plesetsk Cosmodrome | |
Launch mass 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb) Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia People also search for Kosmos 115, Kosmos 107, Kosmos 117 | ||
Kosmos 112 (Russian: Космос 112 meaning Cosmos 112) or Zenit-2 No.37 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 112 was the thirty-sixth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb).It was the first satellite to be launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
Kosmos 112 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U15001-09, flying from Site 41/1 at Plesetsk. The launch took place at 10:28 UTC on 17 March 1966, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-021A and the Satellite Catalog Number 2107.
Kosmos 112 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 17 March 1966 it had a perigee of 207 kilometres (129 mi), an apogee of 564 kilometres (350 mi) inclination of 72.1 degrees and an orbital period of 92.27 minutes. After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 112 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 05:31 UTC on 25 March 1966.