Kosmos_396 Knowpia

Kosmos 396
Mission type	Reconnaissance
COSPAR ID	1971-014A
SATCAT no.	4959
Mission duration	~13 days
Orbits completed	~210
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Zenit-4M
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	6,300 kilograms (13,900 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	18 February 1971, 13:59 UTC
Rocket	Voskhod 11A57
Launch site	Plesetsk 43/3
End of mission
Landing date	3 March 1971
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Eccentricity	0.00738
Perigee altitude	212 kilometres (132 mi)
Apogee altitude	310 kilometres (190 mi)
Inclination	65.4 degrees
Period	89.4 minutes
Epoch	17 February 1971, 19:00:00 UTC

Kosmos 396 (Russian: Космос 396 meaning Cosmos 396) was a test flight of the Zenit-4M military surveillance satellite. The Zenit satellite's purpose was high resolution photographic reconnaissance. This particular test flight returned a capsule containing exposed film.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "Zenit-4M". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

[astronautix-1] "Zenit-4M". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

[NSSDC-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Trajectory Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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