Soviet Space ProgramTsiklon-2A90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
I2P 1
Launched
October 20, 1968
Summary
I2P 1 launched on a Soviet Space Program Tsiklon-2A from 90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on October 20, 1968. It was Soviet Space Program's 354th launch, 65th this year and humanity's 890th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Tsiklon-2A flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Kosmos-249, one of 109 catalogued objects, reached a 111 × 145 km orbit inclined 62.3°. 109 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Tsiklon-2A · Soviet Space Program
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 6th Tsiklon-2A flight · 4th this yearSoviet Space Program's 354th launch65th this yearhumanity's 890th orbital launch attempt102nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kosmos-249 · NORAD 3504 · 1968-091 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 109 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- COSMOS 249
- Object ID
- 1968-091A
- Epoch
- 1968-10-20 03:51:59 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.57047435 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0025771
- Inclination
- 62.272°
- Ascending node
- 120.0393°
- Arg. of perigee
- 244.6165°
- Mean anomaly
- 115.2222°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
109 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 107 debris; 33 still in orbit
- Kosmos-249 · NORAD 3504 · broke up October 20, 1968
Tsiklon-2A No. 05L Stage 2 · re-entered October 21, 1968
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
Pad
90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
2nd launch from 90/20, 2nd this year · 237th from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
23 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
178 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanOpen in maps
Questions
When did I2P 1 launch?
I2P 1 launched on October 20, 1968. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch I2P 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched I2P 1?
Tsiklon-2A, flown by Soviet Space Program. Tsiklon-2A spec sheet
Where did I2P 1 launch from?
90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit did I2P 1 reach?
Kosmos-249, one of 109 catalogued objects, reached a 111 × 145 km orbit inclined 62.3°.
How many satellites did I2P 1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).