Kosmos 7
A Zenit reentry capsule | |
| Names | Zenit 2-4 Sputnik 17 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance Radiation |
| Operator | Soviet space program |
| Harvard designation | 1962 Alpha Iota 1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1962-033A |
| SATCAT no. | 346 |
| Mission duration | 4 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 4610 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 July 1962, 09:18:31 GMT |
| Rocket | Vostok-2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | OKB-1 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Recovered |
| Landing date | 1 August 1962 |
| Landing site | Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 197 km |
| Apogee altitude | 356 km |
| Inclination | 64.95° |
| Period | 90.1 minutes |
| Epoch | 28 July 1962 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 | |
Kosmos 7 (Russian: Космос 7 meaning Cosmos 7), also known as Zenit-2 No.4 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 17 was a Soviet reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. It was the seventh satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the second successful launch of a Soviet reconnaissance satellite.