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Kosmos 15 (Russian: Космос 15 meaning Cosmos 15) or Zenit-2 No.8 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1963. A Zenit-2 spacecraft Kosmos 15 was the ninth of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4730.0 kilograms (10427.9 lb).A Vostok-2 rocket serial number T15000-08 was used to launch Kosmos 15. The launch took place at 08:30 UTC on 22 April 1963 using Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.