Kosmos 212
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Mission type | Test flight |
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Operator | OKB-1 |
COSPAR ID | 1968-029A |
SATCAT № | 3183 |
Mission duration | 6 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-OK |
Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 April 1968, 10:00:00[1] | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 20 April 1968, 08:10 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee | 180 kilometres (110 mi) |
Apogee | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.29 minutes |
Epoch | 15 April 1968[2] |
Docking with Kosmos 213 | |
Docking date | 15 April 1968 |
Kosmos 212 (Russian: Космос 212 meaning Cosmos 212) was one of a series of Soviet Soyuz programme test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to earth by multichannel telemetry systems equipped with space-borne memory units. Kosmos 212 and Kosmos 213 automatically docked in orbit on April 15, 1968. Both spacecraft landed on Soviet territory.
Mission parameters
- Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK
- Mass: 6,530 kg
- Crew: None
- Launched: April 14, 1968 10:00:00 UTC
- Landed: April 19, 1968 08:10 UTC
- Perigee: 186 km
- Apogee: 225 km
- Number of orbits: ~80
- Inclination: 51.7°
- Period: 88.75 minutes
- NSSDC ID: 1968-029A
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Text comes from NASA NSSDC Master Catalog
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