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Cosmos 1968
Cosmos 1968 was launched on September 9, 1988 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Sep 23, 1988).
COSPAR 1988-082ANORAD 19488Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1968
- Common name
- Cosmos 1968
- Payload designation
- Resurs-F1-14F43 No. 4L
- Other names
- 14F43 No. 780-39-131:RA
- International designator
- 1988-082A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19488
- GCAT identifier
- S19488
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/195
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Resurs-F1 C
- Owner
- Priroda
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Resurs-F1
Launch
- Date
- September 9, 1988 · 10:40 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-082Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 259 km
- Apogee
- 274 km
- Inclination
- 82.33°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- September 23, 1988
- Last known active
- Sep 23, 1988
- End of operations
- Sep 23, 1988
Size
- Mass
- 2,555 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,555 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,300 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q13566741 (CC0).