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COSMOS 252

NORAD 3530 · Payload · In orbit since 1968

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Launched
1968-11-01 · 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
530 × 2,086 km
Inclination
62.3°
Period
111.6 min
Eccentricity
0.1013
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

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