# Kosmos 112

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{{Short description|Soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-36)}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox spaceflight

| name                  = Kosmos 112
| names_list            = Zenit 2-36
| image                 = Zenit space vehicle.jpg
| image_caption         = ''A Zenit reentry capsule''

| mission_type          = Optical imaging reconnaissance
| operator              = [OKB-1](/source/OKB-1)
| COSPAR_ID             = 1966-021A
| SATCAT                = 2107
| mission_duration      = {{time interval|17 March 1966 10:28|25 March 1966 05:31|show=dhm}}

| spacecraft_type       = [Zenit-2](/source/Zenit_(satellite))
| manufacturer          = [OKB-1](/source/OKB-1)
| dry_mass              = 
| launch_mass           = 4730 kg<ref name="Cosmos"/>
| dimensions            = 
| power                 =

| launch_date           = 17 March 1966, 10:28:00 GMT
| launch_rocket         = [Vostok-2](/source/Vostok-2_(rocket))
| launch_site           = [Plesetsk](/source/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome) [41/1](/source/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_41)
| launch_contractor     = [OKB-1](/source/OKB-1)

| disposal_type         = Recovered
| landing_date          = 25 March 1966, 05:31 GMT
| landing_site          =

| orbit_epoch           = 17 March 1966
| orbit_reference       = [Geocentric](/source/Geocentric_orbit)<ref name="Trajectory"/>
| orbit_regime          = [Low Earth](/source/Low_Earth_orbit)
| orbit_periapsis       = 207 km
| orbit_apoapsis        = 545 km
| orbit_inclination     = 72.0°
| orbit_period          = 92.1 minutes
| apsis                 = gee

| programme         = '''[Zenit programme](/source/Zenit_(satellite))'''<br/><small>Zenit-2</small>
| previous_mission  = [Zenit 2-35](/source/Kosmos_107)
| next_mission      = [Zenit 2-37](/source/Kosmos_115)
| programme2        = '''[Kosmos (satellites)](/source/List_of_Kosmos_satellites_(1%E2%80%93250))'''
| previous_mission2 = [Kosmos 111](/source/Kosmos_111)
| next_mission2     = [Kosmos 113](/source/Kosmos_113)
}}
'''Kosmos 112''' ({{langx|ru|Космос 112}} meaning ''Cosmos 112'') or '''Zenit-2 No.36''' was a [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union), first generation, low resolution, optical film-return [reconnaissance satellite](/source/reconnaissance_satellite) launched in 1966. A [Zenit-2](/source/Zenit_(satellite)) spacecraft, Kosmos 112 was the thirty-sixth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched<ref name="gsp">{{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 name="ea">{{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}}.<ref name="Cosmos"/> It was the first satellite to be launched from the [Plesetsk Cosmodrome](/source/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome).<ref name="Zarya"/>

Kosmos 112 was launched by a [Vostok-2](/source/Vostok-2_(rocket)) rocket, serial number U15001-09,<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 41/1](/source/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_41) at Plesetsk. The launch took place at 10:28 GMT on 17 March 1966,<ref name="launchlog">{{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](/source/Kosmos_(satellite)) designation; along with the [International Designator](/source/International_Designator) 1966-021A<ref name="Cosmos">{{cite web|title=Cosmos 112: Display 1966-021A |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-021A|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|date=27 February 2020|access-date=29 March 2020}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> and the [Satellite Catalog Number](/source/Satellite_Catalog_Number) 02107.<ref name="Cosmos"/>

Kosmos 112 was operated in a [low Earth orbit](/source/low_Earth_orbit), at an [epoch](/source/epoch_(astronomy)) of 17 March 1966, it had a [perigee](/source/apsis) of {{convert|207|km|mi}}, an [apogee](/source/apsis) of {{convert|545|km|mi}}, an [inclination](/source/orbital_inclination) of 72.0° and an [orbital period](/source/orbital_period) of 92.1 minutes.<ref name="Trajectory">{{cite web|title=Cosmos 112: Trajectory 1966-021A
|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1966-021A|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|date=27 February 2020|access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> After eight days in orbit, Kosmos 112 was deorbited, with its return capsule descending under parachute and landing at 05:31 GMT on 25 March 1966 et recovered by Soviet force.<ref name="Zarya">{{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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