Kosmos 605
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| Mission type | Bioscience |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1973-083A |
| SATCAT № | 6913 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Bion |
| Launch mass | 5,500 kilograms (12,100 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 31 October 1973, 18:24:59 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Plesetsk 43/3 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 22 November 1973 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
Kosmos 605 (Russian: Космос 605 meaning Cosmos 605), or Bion No.1 was a Bion satellite.
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Mission
It carried several dozen male rats (possibly 25[1] or 45[2]), six Russian tortoises (Agrionemys horsfieldii)[3] (each in a separate box), a mushroom bed, flour beetles (Tribolium confusum[2]) in various stages of their life cycle, and living bacterial spores. It provided data on the reaction of mammal, reptile, insect, fungal, and bacterial forms to prolonged weightlessness.[4]
Launch
Kosmos 605 was launched by a Soyuz-U rocket flying from Site 43/3 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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