Kosmos 159 Ye-6LS High-Apogee Lunar-Orbiter Test Spacecraft
Kosmos 159 was the Soviet Ye-6LS No. 111 one-off high-apogee Earth-orbit spacecraft launched on 16 May 1967. It was developed to validate trajectory-measurement techniques for future lunar orbiters and to study the effects of lunar gravity anomalies; the planned 250,000-kilometer apogee mission remained a technology and navigation test rather than a lunar orbit. NASA chronologies differ on its mass, so no mass is asserted here.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Kosmos 159Kosmos-159Ye-6LS No. 111Luna 1967 trajectory-test spacecraft
- Family Name
- Kosmos 159
- Full Name
- Kosmos 159 Ye-6LS High-Apogee Lunar-Orbiter Test Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbitertechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Kosmos 159 was the Soviet Ye-6LS No. 111 one-off high-apogee Earth-orbit spacecraft launched on 16 May 1967. It was developed to validate trajectory-measurement techniques for future lunar orbiters and to study the effects of lunar gravity anomalies; the planned 250,000-kilometer apogee mission remained a technology and navigation test rather than a lunar orbit. NASA chronologies differ on its mass, so no mass is asserted here.
- First Flight Year
- 1,967
- Last Flight Year
- 1,967
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 00:16:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 00:16:11 UTC