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Mission type
  
Optical imaging

SATCAT no.
  
2624

Spacecraft type
  
Zenit-2

Rocket
  
Vostok-2

COSPAR ID
  
1966-115A

Mission duration
  
8 days

Launch date
  
19 December 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 136 (Russian: Космос 136 meaning Cosmos 136) or Zenit-2 No.47 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 136 was the forty-fourth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4,730.0 kilograms (10,427.9 lb). In addition to its reconnaissance mission, the satellite was also used for scientific research.

Kosmos 136 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number N15001-09, flying from Site 41/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 12:00:01 UTC on 19 December 1966, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-115A and the Satellite Catalog Number 2624.

Kosmos 136 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 22 December 1966 it had a perigee of 193 kilometres (120 mi), an apogee of 285 kilometres (177 mi) inclination of 64.5 degrees and an orbital period of 89.28 minutes. After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 136 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 06:00 UTC on 27 December 1966.

References

Kosmos 136 Wikipedia