Kosmos 215 (DS-U1-A No.1), a Soviet scientific satellite for aeronomy and upper-atmosphere studies. Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Kapustin Yar Site 86 lofted it on 18 April 1968 into LEO; it reentered on 30 June 1968.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 302 kg
- Flight
- 24th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 18 April 1968, 22:29 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/4, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1968-033
- Launches in 1968
- 35th of 128
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