Kosmos 29

Kosmos 29

A Zenit reentry capsule
Names	Zenit 2-17
Mission type	Optical imaging reconnaissance
Operator	OKB-1
COSPAR ID	1964-021A
SATCAT no.	791
Mission duration	8 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Zenit-2
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Launch mass	4780 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	25 April 1964, 10:19:00 GMT
Rocket	Vostok-2
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6
Contractor	OKB-1
End of mission
Disposal	Recovered
Landing date	3 May 1964
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	203 km
Apogee altitude	296 km
Inclination	65.1°
Period	89.5 minutes
Epoch	25 April 1964
Zenit programme Zenit-2 ← Zenit 2-16 Zenit 2-18 → Kosmos (satellites) ← Kosmos 28 Kosmos 30 →

Kosmos 29 (Russian: Космос 29 meaning Cosmos 29) or Zenit-2 No.17 was a Soviet, a first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 29 was the seventeenth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched^[3] and had a mass of 4,780 kilograms (10,540 lb).

A Vostok-2 rocket, serial number R15001-01,^[4] was used to launch Kosmos 29. The launch took place at 10:19 GMT on 25 April 1964, using Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.^[5] Following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation, along with the International Designator 1964-021A and the Satellite Catalog Number 00791.^[6]

Kosmos 29 was operated in a low Earth orbit. On 25 April 1964, it had a perigee of 203 kilometres (126 mi), an apogee of 296 kilometres (184 mi), with inclination of 65.1° and an orbital period of 89.5 minutes. After eight days in orbit, the satellite was deorbited on 3 May 1964 with its return capsule descending by parachute for recovery by Soviet forces.^[7][8]

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