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# SOVIET EARTH SATELLITE VEHICLES - COSMOS SERIES1962 - 1963SECRET1962|                           |                               |              |           |        |         |             |                          || ------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------ | --------- | ------ | ------- | ----------- | ------------------------ ||                           | APPROXIMATE TIME              | LAUNCH       | PERIOD    | APOGEE | PERIGEE | ORBITAL     |                          ||                           | OF LAUNCH (GMT)               | SITE         | (MINUTES) | (N.M.) | (N.M.)  | INCLINATION | STATUS                   || Cosmos 1<br>(Sputnik 13)  | 12:00:00 (EST.)<br>16 Mar '62 | Kapustin Yar | 96.35     | 529    | 117     | 49°         | Decayed<br>25 May '62    || Cosmos 2<br>(Sputnik 14)  | 1715:18<br>6 Apr '62          | Kapustin Yar | 102.5     | 842    | 115     | 49°         | Decayed<br>19-20 Aug '63 || Cosmos 3<br>(Sputnik 15)  | 0400:12<br>24 Apr '62         | Kapustin Yar | 93.8      | 389    | 124     | 49°         | Decayed<br>17 Oct.'62    || Cosmos 4<br>(Sputnik 16)  | 1002:56<br>26 Apr '62         | Tyuratam     | 90.6      | 178    | 161     | 65°         | Recovered<br>29 Apr 62   || Cosmos 5<br>(Sputnik 17)  | 0259:49<br>28 May '62         | Kapustin Yar | 102.75    | 865    | 110     | 49°         | Decayed<br>2 May '63     || Cosmos 6<br>(Sputnik 18)  | 1600:00 (EST.)<br>30 June '62 | Kapustin Yar | 90.6      | 194    | 148     | 49°         | Decayed<br>8 Sept '62    || Cosmos 7<br>(Sputnik 19)  | 0918:30<br>28 July '62        | Tyuratam     | 90.1      | 199    | 113     | 65°         | Recovered<br>1 Aug '62   || Cosmos 8<br>(Sputnik 22)  | 0500:00 (EST.)<br>18 Aug '62  | Kapustin Yar | 92.93     | 326    | 138     | 49°         | Decayed<br>17 Aug '63    || Cosmos 9<br>(Sputnik 26)  | 0940:00<br>27 Sept '62        | Tyuratam     | 90.9      | 191    | 163     | 65°         | Recovered<br>1 Oct '62   || Cosmos 10<br>(Sputnik 27) | 0900:01 (EST.)<br>17 Oct '62  | Tyuratam     | 90.2      | 205    | 113     | 65°         | Recovered<br>21 Oct '62  || Cosmos 11<br>(Sputnik 28) | 0655:00 (EST.)<br>20 Oct '62  | Kapustin Yar | 96.1      | 497    | 132     | 49°         | Decayed<br>6 June '63    || Cosmos 12<br>(Sputnik 32) | 0924:40<br>22-Dec '62         | Tyuratam     | 90.45     | 243    | 114     | 65°         | Recovered<br>30 Dec '62  |1963|                           |                               |              |       |     |     |         |                                     || ------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------ | ----- | --- | --- | ------- | ----------------------------------- ||                           |                               |              |       |     |     |         |                                     || Cosmos 13<br>(Sputnik 34) | 0830:00<br>21 Mar '63         | Tyuratam     | 89.77 | 182 | 111 | 64° 58" | Recovered<br>29 Mar '63             || Cosmos 14<br>(Sputnik 36) | 1059:59<br>13 Apr '63         | Kapustin Yar | 92.1  | 276 | 143 | 48° 57" | Decayed<br>29 Aug '63               || Cosmos 15<br>(Sputnik 37) | 0829:58<br>22 Apr '63         | Tyuratam     | 89.77 | 200 | 93  | 65°     | Recovered<br>27 April '63           || Cosmos 16<br>(Sputnik 38) | 0850:00 (EST.)<br>28 Apr. '63 | Tyuratam     | 90.4  | 218 | 112 | 65° 01" | Recovered<br>5 May '63              || Cosmos 17<br>(Sputnik 39) | 0300:00 (EST.)<br>22 May '63  | Kapustin Yar | 94.8  | 425 | 140 | 49°     | In orbit, silent<br>since 31 May'63 || Cosmos 18<br>(Sputnik 40) | 1034:07<br>24 May '63         | Tyuratam     | 89.44 | 163 | 113 | 65° 01" | Recovered<br>2 June '63             || Cosmos 19<br>(Sputnik 43) | 0600:00 (EST.)<br>6 Aug '63   | Kapustin Yar | 92.2  | 280 | 146 | 49°     | In orbit,<br>transmitting           || Cosmos 20<br>(Sputnik 44) | 0929:58<br>18 Oct '63         | Tyuratam     | 89.55 | 168 | 111 | 65°     | Recovered<br>26 Oct '63             || Failure                   | 24 Oct '63                    | Kapustin Yar | -     | -   | -   | -       |                                     || Cosmos 21<br>(Sputnik 46) | 0623:39<br>11 Nov '63         | Tyuratam     | 88.5  | 124 | 105 | 64° 50" | Decayed<br>14 Nov '63               || Cosmos 22<br>(Sputnik 47) | 1034:25<br>16 Nov '63         | Tyuratam     | 90.3  | 211 | 111 | 64° 56" | Recovered<br>22 Nov '63             |