Status
Success
Cosmos 257
Launch Time
Tue Dec 03, 1968 14:52 UTC
Tue Dec 03, 1968 14:52 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 257
Cosmos 257 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
116th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
33rd mission
14th mission of 1968
32nd successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission