Kosmos 26 (DS-MG No.1), a Soviet scientific satellite measuring Earth’s magnetic field for the International Quiet Solar Year World Magnetic Survey. Kosmos-2I (63S1) from Kapustin Yar Mayak-2 lofted it on 18 March 1964 into LEO; it decayed on 28 September 1964.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 285 kg
- Flight
- 20th
- of 38 Kosmos-2I flights
- Date and time
- 18 March 1964, 15:07 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-2I
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- Mayak-2, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1964-013
- Launches in 1964
- 14th of 100
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