Kosmos 250 (Tselina-O No.3), a Soviet electronic intelligence satellite for general ELINT surveillance. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 placed it in LEO on 30 October 1968 as the third Tselina-O unit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 10th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 30 October 1968, 22:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1968-095
- Launches in 1968
- 103rd of 128
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