Kosmos 163 (DS-U2-MP No.2), a Soviet micrometeoroid research satellite in the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik scientific series. Kosmos-2 from Kapustin Yar lofted it on 5 June 1967 into LEO; decayed 11 October 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 280 kg
- Flight
- 13th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 5 June 1967, 05:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1967-056
- Launches in 1967
- 61st of 139
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