Kosmos 256 (Sfera No.3), a Soviet geodetic satellite mapping Earth's shape and gravity field for precise positioning. Kosmos-3M (11K65M) from Plesetsk Site 132/2 lofted it on 30 November 1968 into LEO for military mapping support.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg
- Flight
- 11th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 30 November 1968, 12:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1968-106
- Launches in 1968
- 115th of 128
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