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# SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE VEHICLES-COSMOS SERIES1962-1963## 1962| APPROXIMATE TIME OF LAUNCH (GMT) | LAUNCH SITE                | PERIOD (MINUTES) | APOGEE (N.M.) | PERIGEE (N.M.) | ORBITAL INCLINATION | STATUS |                       || -------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------------- | ------ | --------------------- || Cosmos 1 (Sputnik 13)            | 12:00:00 (EST.) 16 Mar '62 | Kapustin Yar     | 96.35         | 529            | 117                 | 49°    | Decayed 25 May '62    || Cosmos 2 (Sputnik 14)            | 1715:18 6 Apr '62          | Kapustin Yar     | 102.5         | 842            | 115                 | 49°    | Decayed 19-20 Aug '63 || Cosmos 3 (Sputnik 15)            | 0400:12 24 Apr '62         | Kapustin Yar     | 93.8          | 389            | 124                 | 49°    | Decayed 17 Oct '62    || Cosmos 4 (Sputnik 16)            | 1002:56 26 Apr '62         | Tyuratam         | 90.6          | 178            | 161                 | 52°    | Recovered 29 Apr '62  || Cosmos 5 (Sputnik 17)            | 0259:49 28 May '62         | Kapustin Yar     | 102.75        | 865            | 110                 | 49°    | Decayed 2 May '63     || Cosmos 6 (Sputnik 18)            | 1600:00 (EST.) 30 June '62 | Kapustin Yar     | 90.6          | 194            | 148                 | 49°    | Decayed 8 Sept '62    || Cosmos 7 (Sputnik 19)            | 0918:30 28 July '62        | Tyuratam         | 90.1          | 199            | 113                 | ≈      | Recovered Aug '62     || Cosmos 8 (Sputnik 22)            | 0500:00 (EST.) 18 Aug '62  | Kapustin Yar     | 92.93         | 326            | 138                 | 49°    | Decayed 17 Aug '63    || Cosmos 9 (Sputnik 26)            | 0940:00 27 Sept '62        | Tyuratam         | 90.9          | 191            | 163                 | ≈      | Recovered Oct '62     || Cosmos 10 (Sputnik 27)           | 0900:01 (EST.) 17 Oct '62  | Tyuratam         | 90.2          | 205            | 113                 | ≈      | Recovered 21 Oct '62  || Cosmos 11 (Sputnik 28)           | 0655:00 (EST.) 20 Oct '62  | Kapustin Yar     | 96.1          | 497            | 132                 | 49°    | Decayed 6 June '63    || Cosmos 12 (Sputnik 32)           | 0924:40 22 Dec '62         | Tyuratam         | 90.45         | 243            | 114                 | ≈      | Recovered 22 Dec '62  |## 1963| Cosmos 13 (Sputnik 34) | 0830:00 21 Mar '63 | Tyuratam | 89.77 | 182 | 111 | 52° 52' | Recovered 29 Mar '63 || Cosmos 14 (Sputnik 36) | 1059:59 13 Apr '63 | Kapustin Yar | 92.1 | 276 | 143 | 48° 57' | Decayed 29 Aug '63 || Cosmos 15 (Sputnik 37) | 0829:58 22 Apr '63 | Tyuratam | 89.77 | 200 | 93 | ≈ | Recovered 5 May '63 || Cosmos 16 (Sputnik 38) | 0850:00 (EST.) 28 Apr '63 | Tyuratam | 90.4 | 213 | 112 | ≈ | Recovered 8 May '63 || Cosmos 17 (Sputnik 39) | 0300:00 (EST.) 22 May '63 | Kapustin Yar | 94.8 | 425 | 140 | 49° | In orbit, silent since 31 May '63 || Cosmos 18 (Sputnik 40) | 1034:07 24 May '63 | Tyuratam | 89.44 | 163 | 113 | ≈ | Recovered June '63 || Cosmos 19 (Sputnik 43) | 0600:00 (EST.) 6 Aug '63 | Kapustin Yar | 92.2 | 280 | 146 | 49° | In orbit, transmitting || Cosmos 20 (Sputnik 44) | 0929:58 18 Oct '63 | Tyuratam | 89.83 | 163 | 143 | ≈ | Recovered 28 Oct '63 || Failure | 24 Oct '63 | Kapustin Yar | - | - | - | - | - || Cosmos 21 (Sputnik 46) | 0623:39 11 Nov '63 | Tyuratam | 88.5 | 124 | 103 | ≈ | Recovered 22 Nov '63 || Cosmos 22 (Sputnik 47) | 1034:25 16 Nov '63 | Tyuratam | 90.6 | 211 | 127 | ≈ | Recovered 21 Nov '63 |