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Kosmos 259
Soviet scientific satellite. Kosmos 259 was launched on December 14, 1968 aboard a Kosmos 11K63 from Kapustin Yar. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (May 5, 1969).
COSPAR 1968-113ANORAD 3612Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-259
- Common name
- Kosmos 259
- Payload designation
- DS-U2-I No. 3
- International designator
- 1968-113A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3612
- GCAT identifier
- S03612
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.203
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- DS-U2-I
- Owner
- Yuzhnoe
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- DS-U2
Launch
- Date
- December 14, 1968 · 05:09 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-113Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Spaceport
- Kapustin Yar · pad LC86/4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 212 km
- Apogee
- 1,210 km
- Inclination
- 48.42°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- May 5, 1969
- Last known active
- May 5, 1969
- End of operations
- May 5, 1969
Size
- Mass
- 286 kg
- Dry mass
- 286 kg
- Length
- 2.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.30 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q51580 (CC0).