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COSMOS 248
Decayed
Payload
LEO
A catalogued spacecraft payload.
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Launch
Launch date
October 19, 1968 at 04:20 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Tsiklon-2A →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
I2M 2
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
146 km
Periapsis
139 km
Inclination
62.2°
Orbital period
87.34 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-090A
NORAD catalog №
3503
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
9.0535 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
February 26, 1980
End of mission
Last active / ended
February 26, 1980
Time in service
11.4 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed