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COSMOS 252

activePayloadMEO

A catalogued spacecraft payload.

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Launch

Launch date
November 1, 1968 at 12:27 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Tsiklon-2A →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
I2P 2
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
2,085 km
Periapsis
532 km
Inclination
62.32°
Orbital period
111.78 min

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-097A
NORAD catalog №
3530
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
4.5805 m²
Status
active