Kosmos 98
A Zenit reentry capsule | |
| Names | Zenit 2-31 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
| Operator | OKB-1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1965-097A |
| SATCAT no. | 1780 |
| Mission duration | 8 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Zenit-2 |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 4730 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 November 1965 08:24:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Vostok-2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Recovered |
| Landing date | 5 December 1965 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 205 km |
| Apogee altitude | 547 km |
| Inclination | 65.0° |
| Period | 92.0 minutes |
| Epoch | 27 November 1965 |
Zenit programme Zenit-2 | |
Kosmos 98 (Russian: Космос 98 meaning Cosmos 98) or Zenit-2 No.31 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1965. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 98 was the thirty-first of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4,730 kilograms (10,430 lb).
Kosmos 98 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number U15001-05, flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:24 GMT on 27 November 1965 and following the satellite's successful arrival in orbit it received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1965-097A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01780.
Kosmos 98 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 27 November 1965, it had a perigee of 205 kilometres (127 mi), an apogee of 547 kilometres (340 mi), an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 92.0 minutes. On 5 December 1965, after eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by the Soviet Force.