Kosmos 49 (DS-MG No.2), a Soviet Earth-science satellite measuring the geomagnetic field with absolute magnetometers. Kosmos-2I (63S1) from Kapustin Yar lofted it on 24 October 1964; it returned about 17,300 magnetic measurements over 11 days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 285 kg
- Flight
- 24th
- of 38 Kosmos-2I flights
- Date and time
- 24 October 1964, 05:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-2I
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- Mayak-2, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1964-069
- Launches in 1964
- 81st of 100
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