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Kosmos 137 (Russian: Космос 137 meaning Cosmos 137) also known as DS-U2-D No.1 was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 237-kilogram (522 lb) spacecraft which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and was used to investigate charged particles in the Earth’s magnetosphere.A Kosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 137 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.