Launch · COSPAR 1967-046 · 16 May 1967

COSMOS 159

Name: Launch 1967-046 — COSMOS 159
Start: 1967-05-16
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 159 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	2805	1967-046A	Decayed	HEO	164 / 60,752 km	51.83°	06 Dec 1977	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 R/B(1)	2804	1967-046B	Decayed	LEO	181 / 302 km	51.76°	29 May 1967	—
SL-6 R/B(2)	2924	1967-046F	Decayed	HEO	198 / 60,646 km	51.98°	14 Apr 1978	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 DEB	2803	1967-046C	Decayed	LEO	174 / 245 km	51.79°	02 Jun 1967	—
SL-6 DEB	2808	1967-046D	Decayed	LEO	204 / 390 km	51.76°	22 May 1967	—
SL-6 DEB	2809	1967-046E	Decayed	LEO	204 / 327 km	51.76°	22 May 1967	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1967-046; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.