Kosmos 166 (DS-U3-S No.1), a Soviet solar-astronomy satellite measuring solar radiation across multiple spectral bands. Kosmos-2 from Kapustin Yar lofted it on 16 June 1967 into LEO; first of the DS-U3-S series, decayed 25 October 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 285 kg
- Flight
- 15th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 16 June 1967, 04:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1967-061
- Launches in 1967
- 66th of 139
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