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ZENIT-2—USSR'S FIRST SPY SATELLITE

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New York

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ZENIT-2—USSR'S FIRST SPY SATELLITE

1:41 scale model of the Zenit-2 satellite, plastic, resin, metal and cloth, 6½ inches tall on turned metal stand with wooden base, unknown Russian manufacturer, c.1980.

Zenit-2, the Soviet Union's first spy satellite, was a converted Vostok spacecraft which carried cameras instead of a cosmonaut. Flown under the guise of scientific exploration, it (and its later variants) flew from 1961-1994 under the Kosmos mission series designation.

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