Mission type Test flight SATCAT no. 3183 Manufacturer OKB-1 Mission duration 6 days | COSPAR ID 1968-029A Period 1.5 hours Dates 14 Apr 1968 – 19 Apr 1968 | |
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Launch date 14 April 1968, 10:00:00 (1968-04-14UTC10Z) UTC Operator S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia | ||
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.
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