| Kosmos 147 | |
| Mission Type: | Optical imaging reconnaissance |
| Operator: | OKB-1 |
| Cospar Id: | 1967-022A |
| Satcat: | 02710 |
| Mission Duration: | 8 days |
| Spacecraft Type: | Zenit-2 |
| Manufacturer: | OKB-1 |
| Launch Mass: | 4000 kg |
| Launch Date: | 13 March 1967, 12:10:23 GMT |
| Launch Rocket: | Vostok-2 s/n N15001-06 |
| Launch Site: | Plesetsk, Site 41/1 |
| Launch Contractor: | OKB-1 |
| Disposal Type: | Recovered |
| Landing Date: | 21 March 1967, 06:29 GMT |
| Landing Site: | Steppe du Kazakhstan |
| Orbit Epoch: | 13 March 1967 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 195 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 301 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 65.0° |
| Orbit Period: | 89.5 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
Kosmos 147 (Russian: Космос 147 meaning Cosmos 147) or Zenit-2 No.44 was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1967. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 147 was the forty-seventh of eighty-one such satellites to be launched.[1] [2] and had a mass of .[3]
Kosmos 147 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket, serial number N15001-06,[4] flying from Site 41/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 12:10:23 GMT on 13 March 1967,[5] and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1967-022A and the Satellite Catalog Number 02710.[3]
Kosmos 147 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 13 March 1967, it had a perigee of, an apogee of, an inclination of 65.0°, and an orbital period of 89.5 minutes.[6] After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 147 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 06:29 GMT on 21 March 1967, and recovered by the Soviet forces. An unspecified problem with the satellite resulted in the mission being considered a partial failure.[7]