Kosmos 230
Introduction '''Kosmos 230''' ( meaning ''Cosmos 230''), also known as '''DS-U3-S No.2''', was a satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a  spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to conduct multispectral imaging of the Sun.Kosmos 230 was launched from Site 86/4 at Kapustin Yar, aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket. The launch occurred at 06:59:50 UTC on 5 July 1968, and resulted in the successful insertion of the satellite into a low Earth orbit. Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1968-056A. The North American Air Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 03308.Kosmos 230 was the second of two DS-U3-S satellites to be launched, after Kosmos 166.It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , an inclination of 48.5°, and an orbital period of 93.0 minutes, until decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 2 November 1968.
See also *1968 in spaceflight
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