Kosmos 269 (Tselina-O No.4), a Soviet electronic-intelligence (ELINT) satellite monitoring foreign radar emissions. Kosmos-3M (11K65M) from Plesetsk lofted it on 5 March 1969 into LEO for the military.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 12th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 5 March 1969, 17:25 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1969-021
- Launches in 1969
- 26th of 125
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