Status
Success
Cosmos 245
Launch Time
Thu Oct 03, 1968 12:58 UTC
Thu Oct 03, 1968 12:58 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 245
Cosmos 245 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
91st orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
32nd mission
13th mission of 1968
31st successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission