Failed · Launch or early mission failure
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The mission
UV tel., XR detectors; lost aspect. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-033; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 18 April 1968, 22:29:53 UTC
- Launch location
- GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya
- Launch vehicle
- Kosmos 11K63
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
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Mission ended — Failed
Mission failure · 6 June 1968
Launch or early mission failure
GCAT records the primary mission element as ended after a launch or early mission failure.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 215
UV tel., XR detectors; lost aspect.
- GCAT ID
- S03205
- Manufacturer
- KB Yuzhnoe im. M K Yangel
- Launch mass
- 302 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 0.8 m diameter · 2.4 m span
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