A NEW STAGE IN THE CONQUEST OF SPACE. BRILLIANT EXPERIMENT SEES AUTOMATIC DOCKING OF TWO SPACECRAFT IN ORBIT.

Abstract

On 30 October 1967, the Soviet Union carried out a new space experiment. For the first time two orbiting automatic artificial geocentric satellites, 'Kosmos-186' and 'Kosmos-188', were docked without human intervention. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 1967
Accession Number
AD0678789

Entities

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Automatic
  • Intervention
  • Satellite Buses
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Components
  • Ussr
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers