The DS-U2-V satellites were Soviet scientific satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program. They investigated ionospheric phenomenons. October 19, 1965 at 05:44 UTC · Launch Successful Kosmos 11K63 — Soviet Space Program, to Low Earth Orbit 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation The world's 487th orbital launch attempt, and 94th of 1965. Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by Gunter Krebs via The Space Devs.