Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar X/UV. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-056; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 5 July 1968, 06:59:50 UTC
- Launch location
- GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya
- Launch vehicle
- Kosmos 11K63
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 2 November 1968
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 230
Solar X/UV.
- GCAT ID
- S03308
- Manufacturer
- KB Yuzhnoe im. M K Yangel
- Launch mass
- 285 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.6 m long · 1.3 m diameter · 2.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Cosmos 230.
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