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Mission type
  
Optical imaging

SATCAT no.
  
2325

Spacecraft type
  
Zenit-2

Rocket
  
Voskhod

COSPAR ID
  
1966-064A

Mission duration
  
8 days

Launch date
  
14 July 1966

Launch mass
  
4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb)

Manufacturer
  
S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

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Kosmos 124 (Russian: Космос 124 meaning Cosmos 124) or Zenit-2 No.42 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 124 was the fortieth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb).

Kosmos 124 was launched by a Voskhod rocket with serial number N15001-14, flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 10:33 UTC on 14 July 1966, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-064A and the Satellite Catalog Number 2325.

Kosmos 124 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 16 July 1966 it had a perigee of 204 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 284 kilometres (176 mi) inclination of 51.7 degrees and an orbital period of 89.39 minutes. After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 124 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 09:22 UTC on 22 July 1966.

References

Kosmos 124 Wikipedia