Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Cerenkov counters. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-022; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 March 1968, 09:50:00 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 · 29 March 1968
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Nauka
Cerenkov counters.
- GCAT ID
- S03167
- Manufacturer
- TsKBEM Filial No. 3
- Launch mass
- 630 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 1.8 m span
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