Mission type Optical imaging SATCAT no. 2599 | COSPAR ID 1966-106A Mission duration 8 days Launch date 19 November 1966 | |
Launch mass 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb) Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia People also search for Kosmos 136, Kosmos 115, Kosmos 129 | ||
Kosmos 132 (Russian: Космос 132 meaning Cosmos 132) or Zenit-2 No.46 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 132 was the forty-third of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb).
Kosmos 132 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number N15001-08, flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:09 UTC on 19 November 1966, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-106A and the Satellite Catalog Number 2599.
Kosmos 132 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 21 November 1966 it had a perigee of 201 kilometres (125 mi), an apogee of 266 kilometres (165 mi) inclination of 64.9 degrees and an orbital period of 89.17 minutes. After spending eight days in orbit, Kosmos 132 was deorbited with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 07:12 UTC on 27 November 1966.