Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Kosmos 49 (Russian: Космос 49 meaning Cosmos 49) also known as DS-MG No.2 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1964 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. Its primary mission was to demonstrate an electric gyrodyne orientation system. It also carried several scientific research packages as secondary payloads.It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63S1 rocket from pad 2 of the Mayak Launch Complex at Kapustin Yar.