Cosmos 47
| Mission dates | |||
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| Mission: | Cosmos 47 | ||
| COSPAR-ID : | 1964-062A | ||
| Spacecraft: | Vozhod 3KW | ||
| Dimensions: | 5320 kg | ||
| Crew: | no | ||
| Begin: | October 6, 1964, 07:12 UT | ||
| Starting place: | Baikonur 1/5 | ||
| Landing: | October 7, 1964, 07:30 UT | ||
| Landing place: | Kazakh SSR | ||
| Flight duration: | 1d 0h 18m | ||
| Earth orbits: | 16 | ||
| Rotation time : | 90.07 min | ||
| Orbit inclination : | 64.62 ° | ||
| Apogee : | 383 km | ||
| Perigee : | 174 km | ||
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Kosmos 47 is the code name for an unmanned flight of the Soviet spaceship Vozhod , which carried out tests in preparation for the flight of Vozhod 1 in earth orbit in October 1964 . It was customary in the Soviet Union to give official names only to successful missions. Failed flights were mostly not announced at all and test flights were only announced under the general cover name Kosmos.
The flight
The launch took place on October 6 at 07:12 UT from the Soviet spaceport Baikonur on board a Vozhod rocket . All systems were tested in space for 24 hours. The landing took place on October 7, 1964 at 07:30 UT.
Web links and sources
- Voskhod - A Summary (English)
- Kosmos 47 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)
- Первые пилотируемые космические корабли "Восток" и "Восход" (Russian)
