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Cosmos 250
Cosmos 250 was launched on October 30, 1968 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Feb 15, 1978).
COSPAR 1968-095ANORAD 3526Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-250
- Common name
- Cosmos 250
- Payload designation
- Tselina-OM No. 1L
- Other names
- 11F616M No. V225-001:RA
- International designator
- 1968-095A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3526
- GCAT identifier
- S03526
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.199
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-OM
- Owner
- TsNII-108
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-OM
Launch
- Date
- October 30, 1968 · 22:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-095Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 520 km
- Apogee
- 539 km
- Inclination
- 74.01°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- February 15, 1978
- Last known active
- 1969
- End of operations
- 1969
Size
- Mass
- 434 kg
- Dry mass
- 434 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12907670 (CC0).