Kosmos 12
A Zenit reentry capsule | |
| Names | Zenit 2-7 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
| Operator | Soviet space program |
| Harvard designation | 1962 Beta Omega 1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1962-072A |
| SATCAT no. | 517 |
| Mission duration | 8 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 4730 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 22 December 1962 09:21:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Vostok-2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| Contractor | OKB-1 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Recovered |
| Landing date | 30 December 1962 |
| Landing site | Steppe in Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 198 km |
| Apogee altitude | 392 km |
| Inclination | 65.0° |
| Period | 90.5 minutes |
| Epoch | 22 December 1962 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 | |
Kosmos 12 (Russian: Космос 12 meaning Cosmos 12) or Zenit-2 No.7 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1962. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 12 was the seventh of eighty-one such satellites to be launched.