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Cosmos 243
NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 1968-080A
Description
Cosmos 243 was a third generation, low resolution Soviet photo surveillance satellite launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket. The spacecraft deployed a passive microwave radio telescope capsule.
Alternate Names
- 03418
- Cosmos243
Facts in Brief
Launch Date: 1968-09-23
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz
Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R
Mass: 5900 kg
Funding Agency
- Soviet Academy of Sciences (U.S.S.R)
Discipline
- Earth Science
Additional Information
- Launch/Orbital information for Cosmos 243
- Telecommunications information for Cosmos 243
- Experiments on Cosmos 243
- Data collections from Cosmos 243
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Personnel
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