Kosmos 142 (DS-U2-I No.2), a Soviet ionospheric research satellite of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program. Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 placed it in LEO on 14 February 1967 to study the ionosphere; it reentered on 6 July 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 286 kg
- Flight
- 8th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 14 February 1967, 10:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1967-013
- Launches in 1967
- 14th of 139
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