Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar UV/X. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-119; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 December 1968, 09:45:02 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 · 3 May 1969
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 262
Solar UV/X.
- GCAT ID
- S03629
- Manufacturer
- KB Yuzhnoe im. M K Yangel
- Launch mass
- 283 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.1 m long · 1.3 m diameter · 3 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from Cosmos 262.
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