Kosmos 209

  1968-023A

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The second US-A flight was in Mar 1968. The orbit was probably raised on Mar 23, with the radar and propulsion unit tracked early on Mar 24. Late on Mar 23 a debris object was cataloged in the low orbit; on Mar 27 an object was cataloged in a high orbit somewhat below the reactor and decaying rapidly.

Kosmos-209
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Mar 22	0930:34	Launch by 11K67	KB
	0933	Stage 2 burn
	0935	Stage 2 sep
	0945	DU burn
	0948	DU cutoff	89.74 183 x 343 x 65.04 (RAE)
	0955?	Stage 2 entry
	1050		89.75 181 x 342 x 65.0
	1100?	Adjust orbit
	1648		89.60 211 x 298 x 65.1
1968 Mar 23	1020?	Adjust orbit
	1057?	DV1
	1147?	DV2
1968 Mar 23	1944	(deb 23D)	89.92 233 x 307 x 65.0
1968 Mar 23	2110		89.47 236 x 259 x 65.1
1968 Mar 24	0437		89.43 235 x 256 x 65.1
1968 Mar 24		DU and radar sep
	0533		103.14 867 x 946 x 65.3
	0606	(DU)	89.25 228 x 246 x 65.1
	0607	(radar)	89.47 216 x 280 x 65.1
1968 Mar 25	1955?	DU reentered
1968 Mar 27	0404	(deb 23E)	100.98 721 x 889 x 64.9
1968 Mar 28			103.13 871 x 944 x 65.33 (RAE)
1968 Mar 29		deb 23D reentered
1968 Apr 10		Radar reentered
1968 Apr 22		(deb 23E)	96.69 600 x 600 x 64.9
1968 May 4		(deb 23E reentered)
1968 Dec 28			103.15 881 x 933 x 65,3