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COSMOS 249

NORAD 3504 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
1968-10-20 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Weapon test
Mass
1,400 kg
Size
4.2 × 1.8 m
Orbit class
MEO
Perigee × Apogee
499 × 2,048 km
Inclination
62.3°
Period
110.9 min
Eccentricity
0.1013
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.