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COSMOS 224
Decayed
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
June 4, 1968 at 06:45 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Kosmos-3M (11K65M) →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Sfera 2
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
247 km
Periapsis
196 km
Inclination
51.8°
Orbital period
88.93 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-046A
NORAD catalog №
3276
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 12, 1968
End of mission
Last active / ended
June 12, 1968
Time in service
8 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed