Kosmos 196 (DS-U1-G No.2), a Soviet scientific satellite for solar and upper-atmosphere research. The final original Kosmos (63S1) rocket from Kapustin Yar Site 86 lofted it on 19 December 1967 into LEO; it reentered on 7 July 1968.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 291 kg
- Flight
- 38th
- of 38 Kosmos-2I flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 1967, 06:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-2I
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1967-125
- Launches in 1967
- 137th of 139
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