Status
Success
Cosmos 242
Launch Time
Fri Sep 20, 1968 14:39 UTC
Fri Sep 20, 1968 14:39 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 242
Cosmos 242 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: 325.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1968
87th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
31st mission
12th mission of 1968
30th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission