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COSMOS 254

NORAD 3562 · Payload · Reentered 1968-11-29

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Launched
1968-11-21 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,200 kg
Size
6.5 × 2.4 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
196 × 328 km
Inclination
65.4°
Period
89.6 min
Eccentricity
0.0100
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.