Mission type Solar Spacecraft type DS-U3-S Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM Launch date 5 July 1968 Decay date 2 November 1968 | COSPAR ID 1968-056A Launch mass 367 kilograms (809 lb) Launch site Kapustin Yar 86/4 Manufacturer Yuzhnoye Design Office | |
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Kosmos 230 (Russian: Космос 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 367-kilogram (809 lb) 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 Aerospace 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 278 kilometres (173 mi), an apogee of 518 kilometres (322 mi), 48.4 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 92.5 minutes, until decaying from orbit and reentering the atmosphere on 2 November 1968.