Status
Success
Cosmos 261
Launch Time
Thu Dec 19, 1968 23:55 UTC
Thu Dec 19, 1968 23:55 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 261
Cosmos 261 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: 347.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1968
126th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
35th mission
16th mission of 1968
34th successful mission
13th consecutive successful mission