Kosmos 261 (DS-U2-GK No.1), a Soviet scientific satellite for aeronomy and polar auroral research, launched on a Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Plesetsk Site 133/1 into low Earth orbit; reentered in February 1969.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 335 kg
- Flight
- 35th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 1968, 23:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1968-117
- Launches in 1968
- 126th of 128
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