Kosmos 252 (I2P/IS-A No.2), a Soviet co-orbital anti-satellite interceptor. Tsyklon-2A from Baikonur Site 90/20 lofted it on 1 November 1968; within a day it intercepted and destroyed the Kosmos 248 target, leaving a large debris field.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 8 Tsiklon-2A flights
- Date and time
- 1 November 1968, 00:27 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-2A
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1968-097
- Launches in 1968
- 105th of 128
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