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Kosmos 222
Soviet artificial satellite. Kosmos 222 was launched on May 30, 1968 aboard a Kosmos 11K63 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Oct 11, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-044ANORAD 3272Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-222
- Common name
- Kosmos 222
- Payload designation
- DS-P1-Yu No. 12L
- International designator
- 1968-044A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3272
- GCAT identifier
- S03272
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.192
Mission
- Mission type
- Calibration
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- DS-P1-Yu A
- Owner
- PVO
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- DS-P1
Launch
- Date
- May 30, 1968 · 20:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-044Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC133/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 259 km
- Apogee
- 465 km
- Inclination
- 70.92°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- October 11, 1968
- Last known active
- Oct 11, 1968
- End of operations
- Oct 11, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 200 kg
- Dry mass
- 200 kg
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 1.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q51569 (CC0).