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Status

Success

Cosmos 221

Launch Time
Fri May 24, 1968 07:04 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-2 (63SM)
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 636 kN
Payload to LEO: 400 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.59 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.65 m
Fairing Height: 2.99 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 221

Cosmos 221 is a satellite of the DS-P constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia

Stats

1968

47th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

26th mission
7th mission of 1968
25th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission