Kosmos 14 (Omega #1), a Soviet ~300 kg technology demonstrator for the future Meteor weather satellite program, launched on a Kosmos-2I from Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 to test three-axis attitude control, silicon solar panels, and thermal systems.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 200 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 12th
- of 38 Kosmos-2I flights
- Date and time
- 13 April 1963, 11:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-2I
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- Mayak-2, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 1963-010
- Launches in 1963
- 15th of 69
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