{{Short description|Soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-35)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox spaceflight | name = Kosmos 107 | names_list = Zenit 2-35 | image = Zenit space vehicle.jpg | image_caption = ''A Zenit reentry capsule''
| mission_type = Optical imaging | operator = OKB-1 | COSPAR_ID = 1966-010A | SATCAT = 1998 | mission_duration = {{time interval|10 February 1966 08:52|18 February 1966 06:29|show=dhm}}
| spacecraft_type = Zenit-2 | manufacturer = OKB-1 | dry_mass = | launch_mass = 4730 kg<ref>https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-010A - 27 February 2020</ref> | dimensions = | power =
| launch_date = 10 February 1966, 08:52:00 GMT | launch_rocket = Vostok-2 | launch_site = Baikonur 31/6 | launch_contractor = OKB-1
| disposal_type = Recovered | landing_date = 18 February 1966, 06:29 GMT | landing_site =
| orbit_epoch = 10 February 1966 | orbit_reference = Geocentric<ref>https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1966-010A - 27 February 2020</ref> | orbit_regime = Low Earth | orbit_periapsis = 204 km | orbit_apoapsis = 310 km | orbit_inclination = 65.0° | orbit_period = 89.7 minutes | apsis = gee
| programme = '''Zenit programme'''<br/><small>Zenit-2</small> | previous_mission = Zenit 2-34 | next_mission = Zenit 2-36 | programme2 = '''Kosmos (satellites)''' | previous_mission2 = Kosmos 106 | next_mission2 = Kosmos 108 }} '''Kosmos 107''' ({{langx|ru|Космос 107}} meaning ''Cosmos 107'') or '''Zenit-2 No.35''' was a Soviet, first generation, low resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1966. A Zenit-2 spacecraft, Kosmos 107 was the thirty-fifth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched<ref>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zenit-2.htm |title=Zenit-2 (11F61)|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231133235/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/zenit-2.htm |archive-date=31 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/zenit2.htm|title=Zenit-2|first=Mark|last=Wade|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523064141/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/zenit2.htm|archive-date=23 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and had a mass of {{convert|4730|kg|lb}}.
Kosmos 107 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vosk8a92.htm|title=Vostok 8A92|first=Mark|last=Wade|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica |access-date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822074413/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vosk8a92.htm|archive-date=22 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 08:52 GMT on 10 February 1966,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt |title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-010A and the Satellite Catalog Number 01998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-010A|title=Cosmos 107|publisher=National Space Science Data Center|access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref>
Kosmos 107 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 10 February 1966, it had a perigee of {{convert|204|km|mi}}, an apogee of {{convert|310|km|mi}}, an inclination of 65.0° and an orbital period of 89.7 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell |work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 107 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute, landing at 06:29 GMT on 18 February 1966, and recovered by Soviet force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Zenit/Zenit-2.php|title=Zenit Satellites - Zenit-2 variant|first=Robert|last=Christie|work=Zarya.info|access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref>
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