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COSMOS 242

NORAD 3414 · Payload · Reentered 1968-11-13

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Launched
1968-09-20 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Calibration
Mass
200 kg
Size
1.4 × 1.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
160 × 160 km
Inclination
70.9°
Period
87.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0000
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.