Launch · COSPAR 1968-115 · 16 Dec 1968

COSMOS 260

Name: Launch 1968-115 — COSMOS 260
Start: 1968-12-16
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 4

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 260 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	3619	1968-115A	Decayed	HEO	215 / 39,586 km	64.81°	09 Jul 1973	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 R/B(1)	3621	1968-115C	Decayed	LEO	180 / 269 km	64.98°	18 Jan 1969	—
SL-6 R/B(2)	3622	1968-115D	Decayed	LEO	87 / 636 km	64.67°	21 Sept 1973	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-6 PLAT	3620	1968-115B	Decayed	LEO	158 / 195 km	64.96°	06 Feb 1969	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1968-115; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.