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The mission
Piggback gamma ray detector. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1969-008; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 23 January 1969, 09:15:00 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Voskhod 11A57
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 5 February 1969
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 264
Piggback gamma ray detector.
- GCAT ID
- S03667
- Manufacturer
- TsKBEM Filial No. 3
- Launch mass
- 2,200 kg
- Dimensions
- 6 m long · 2.2 m diameter · 6 m span
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