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Kosmos 142 (Russian: Космос 142 meaning Cosmos 142) also known as DS-U2-I No.2 was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 286-kilogram (631 lb) spacecraft which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and was used to study the effects on radio waves of passing through the ionosphere.A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 142 into low Earth orbit. The launch took place from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.