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COSMOS 249
active
Payload
MEO
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Launch
Launch date
October 20, 1968 at 04:02 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Tsiklon-2A →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
I2P 1
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
MEO
Apoapsis
2,045 km
Periapsis
502 km
Inclination
62.34°
Orbital period
111.01 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1968-091A
NORAD catalog №
3504
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
4.7964 m²
Status
active