Kosmos 230 (DS-U3-S No.2), a Soviet solar observatory measuring solar radiation in multiple spectral bands. Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 placed it in LEO on 5 July 1968.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 285 kg
- Flight
- 29th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 5 July 1968, 06:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/4, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1968-056
- Launches in 1968
- 62nd of 128
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