Mission type Test flight Mission duration 1 day, 18 minutes Manufacturer OKB-1 Launch date 6 October 1964 Inclination 64.8° Launch mass 5,320 kg Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | COSPAR ID 1964-062A Spacecraft Vostok-3KV No.2 Rocket Voskhod 11A57 Inclination 64.8° Period 1.5 hours Launch mass 5,320 kg | |
Kosmos 47 (Russian: Космос 47 meaning Cosmos 47) is the designation of an unmanned test-flight of a prototype Soviet Voskhod spacecraft, the first multiple-occupant spacecraft. Launched on the 6 October 1964, the successful flight paved the way for the first manned mission, Voskhod 1, which occurred just 6 days later on the 12 October.
The spacecraft was one of many designated under the Kosmos system, which is applied to a wide variety of spacecraft of different designs and functions including test flights of manned vehicles.
Launch
The launch took place on 6 October at 07:12 UTC from Gagarin's Start (LC1) at Baikonur Cosmodrome on board a Voskhod rocket. Testing of all the spacecraft's systems occurred in the space of 24 hours. The landing took place on 7 October 1964 at around 07:30 UTC.