Cosmos 238

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Mission dates
Mission: Cosmos 238
COSPAR-ID : 1968-072A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK (P) ( GRAU index  11F615)
serial number 9
Dimensions: 6520 kg
Launcher: Soyuz (GRAY index 11A511)
Crew: no
Begin: August 28, 1968, 10:04  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 31/6
Landing: September 1, 1968, 09:03 UTC
Rotation time : 88.5 min
Orbit inclination : 51.7 °
Apogee : 313 km
Perigee : 194 km
◄ Before / After ►
Cosmos 213
(unmanned) 		Soyuz 2
(unmanned)
Manned missions:
Soyuz 1 Soyuz 3

Kosmos 238 was an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft that conducted tests in Earth orbit in August 1968. It was the last in a series of test flights by the Soyuz Range spaceships following the Soyuz 1 disaster . The previous missions were Cosmos 186 and 188 and Cosmos 212 and 213 .

The flight

The launch took place on August 28, 1968 at 10:04 a.m. UTC from the Soviet spaceport Baikonur on board a Soyuz rocket . All systems that were improved after the Soyuz 1 disaster were tested in space. The landing took place on September 1, 1968 at 9:03 a.m. UTC.

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