Kosmos 243 (Zenit-2M No.3, Gektor No.3) with Nauka-2KS 1L, a Soviet film-return photoreconnaissance satellite launched on a Voskhod from Baikonur Site 1/5 for military optical imaging, carrying a secondary scientific Nauka module.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 74th
- of 299 Voskhod flights
- Date and time
- 23 September 1968, 07:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Voskhod
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1968-080
- Launches in 1968
- 88th of 128
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