Kosmos 95

{{Short description|Soviet satellite launched in 1965}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Kosmos 95

| mission_type = Technology

| operator =

| COSPAR_ID = 1965-088A

| SATCAT = 01706

| mission_duration = 75 days

| spacecraft_type = DS-U2-V

| manufacturer = Yuzhnoye

| launch_mass = 325 kghttps://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-088A - 27 February 2020

| launch_date = 4 November 1965
05:31:00 GMThttps://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1965-088A - 27 February 2020

| launch_rocket = Kosmos-2M 63S1M

| launch_site = Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1

| launch_contractor = Yuzhnoye

| decay_date = 18 January 1966

| orbit_epoch = 4 November 1965

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = 211 km

| orbit_apoapsis = 521 km

| orbit_inclination = 48.4°

| orbit_period = 91.7 minutes

| apsis = gee

}}

Kosmos 95 ({{langx|ru|Космос 95}} meaning Cosmos 95), also known as DS-U2-V No.2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. The spacecraft weighed {{convert|325|kg}}, and was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office, and was used to conduct classified technology development experiments for the Soviet armed forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsu2v.htm|title=DS-U2-V|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=2009-12-06 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105020624/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsu2v.htm|archive-date=5 January 2009}}

A Kosmos-2M 63S1M{{cite web|url=http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/lvs/kos63s1m.htm|title=Kosmos 63S1M|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|date=2001-10-31|access-date=2010-01-14|archive-date=25 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725215601/http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/lvs/kos63s1m.htm|url-status=dead}} carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 95 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-12-06}} The launch occurred at 05:31 GMT on 4 November 1965, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into orbit.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos2.htm|title=Kosmos 2|last=Wade |first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=2009-12-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618125001/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos2.htm|archive-date=18 June 2012}} Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1965-088A. The North American Air Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 01706.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-088A |title=Cosmos 95|publisher=US National Space Science Data Center|work=NSSDC Master Catalog|access-date=2009-12-06}}

Kosmos 95 was the second of four DS-U2-V satellites to be launched.{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ds-u2-v.htm|title=DS-U2-V|first=Gunter|last=Krebs |publisher=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=2009-12-06}} It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of {{convert|211|km}}, an apogee of {{convert|521|km}}, an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 91.7 minutes. On 18 January 1966, it decayed from orbit and reentered the atmosphere.{{cite web|url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-12-06}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spacesecurity.org/files/WorldCivilSats2006.xls|title=World Civil Satellites 1957-2006|publisher=Space Security Index|access-date=2009-12-06|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718022840/http://www.spacesecurity.org/files/WorldCivilSats2006.xls|archive-date=18 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}