cosmos an eorsat date tue apr gmt i need as much information about cosmos and its rocket fragment b as possible both its purpose launch date location in short everything can you help tony ryan astronomy space new international magazine available from ocean reconnaissance launch surprises west space news april p excerpts russia launched its first ocean reconnaissance satellite in months march confounding western analysts who had proclaimed the program dead the itar tass news agency announced the launch of cosmos from plesetsk cosmodrome but provided little description of the payload s mission however based on the satellite s trajectory western observers identified it as a military spacecraft designed to monitor electronic emissions from foreign naval ships in order to track their movement geoff perry of the kettering group in england said western observers had concluded that no more would be launched but days after the last such satellite re entered the earth s atmosphere cosmos was launched cosmos satellite launched for defense ministry moscow itar tass world service in russian gmt march translated in fbis sov p by itar tass correspondent veronika romanenkova moscow march the cosmos satellite was launched at moscow time today from the baykonur by a tsiklon m carrier rocket an itar tass correspondent was told at the press center of russia s space military forces that the satellite was launched in the interests of the russian defense ministry parameters given moscow itar tass world service in russian gmt march translated in fbis sov p moscow march another artificial earth satellite cosmos was launched on march from the baykonur cosmodrome the satellite carries scientific apparatus for continuing space research the satellite has been placed in an orbit with the following parameters initial period of revolution minutes apogee km perigee km orbital inclination degrees besides scientific apparatus the satellite carries a radio system for the precise measurement of orbital elements and a radiotelemetry system for transmitting to earth data about the work of the instruments and scientific apparatus the apparatus aboard the satellite is working normally
