Mission type Optical imaging SATCAT no. 1305 | COSPAR ID 1965-025A Mission duration 8 days Launch date 25 March 1965 | |
Launch mass 4,720.0 kilograms (10,405.8 lb) Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia People also search for Kosmos 66, Kosmos 52, Kosmos 68 | ||
Kosmos 64 (Russian: Космос 64 meaning Cosmos 64) or Zenit-2 No.17 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 satellite, Kosmos 64 was the twenty-sixth of eighty-one such spaccecraft to be launched and had a mass of 4,720.0 kilograms (10,405.8 lb).
Kosmos 64 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number G15001-06, flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 10:04 UTC on 25 March 1965, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1965-025A and the Satellite Catalog Number 1305.
Kosmos 64 was operated in a low Earth orbit; at an epoch of 28 March 1965 it had a perigee of 203 kilometres (126 mi), an apogee of 256 kilometres (159 mi) inclination of 65 degrees and an orbital period of 89.09 minutes. On 2 April 1965, after eight days in orbit, Kosmos 64 was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery.