Thursday, January 5, 1978

Kosmos 291

 1969-066A


Kosmos-291 was an interceptor mass model (IS GVM) used as a test payload for the first launch of the 11K69 (Tsiklon-2) production version of the 11K67 launch vehicle. There was an accident during launch preparations but the launch itself was successful. The IS version was the 5V91T, part of the Lira system.


Kosmos-291 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Aug 6  0540  Launch by 11K69  KB PL90L 
 0542  Stage 2 burn 
 0546?  Stage 2 sep 
1969 Aug 7  0500?   91.46 147 x 548 x 62.24 
1969 Aug 11  0824? Stage 2 reentered 
1969 Sep 8    87.78 117 x 211 x 62.2 
1969 Sep 8  2233?  Reentered 

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