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Kosmos 48 (Russian: Космос 48 meaning Cosmos 48) or Zenit-2 No.24 was a Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1964. A Zenit-2 spacecraft Kosmos 48 was the twenty-third of eighty-one such satellites to be launched and had a mass of 4730.0 kilograms (10427.9 lb).Kosmos 48 was launched by a Vostok-2 rocket serial number R15002-01 flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.