NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 230

Launch Time
Fri Jul 05, 1968 06:59 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 230

Cosmos 230 is a satellite of the DS-U 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: 367.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia

Stats

1968

62nd orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

29th mission
10th mission of 1968
28th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission