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COSMOS 280

NORAD 3906 · Payload · Reentered 1969-05-06

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Launched
1969-04-23 · Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,200 kg
Size
6 × 2.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
197 × 256 km
Inclination
51.6°
Period
88.9 min
Eccentricity
0.0045
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.