Space AtlasCOSMOS 259
NORAD 3612 · Payload · Reentered 1969-05-05
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- 1968-12-14 · Kapustin Yar, Russia
- Country / operator
- CIS (Russia / CIS)
- Object type
- Payload
- Purpose
- Space science
- Mass
- 286 kg
- Size
- 2.1 × 1.3 m · 30 m deployed
- Orbit class
- LEO (< 2,000 km)
- Perigee × Apogee
- 205 × 816 km
- Inclination
- 48.4°
- Period
- 94.7 min
- Eccentricity
- 0.0444
- 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.