Kosmos 212 (russian: Космос 212 meaning ''Cosmos 212'') was one of a series of Soviet

Soyuz programme The Soyuz programme ( , ; russian: link=no, Союз , meaning "Union") is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a So ...

test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to earth by multichannel telemetry systems equipped with space-borne memory units. Kosmos 212 and

Kosmos 213 Kosmos 213 (russian: Космос 213 meaning ''Cosmos 213'') was one of a series of Soviet Soyuz programme test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to ear ...

automatically docked in orbit on 15 April 1968. Both spacecraft landed on Soviet territory.

Mission

On 14 April 1968 at 10:00:00 GMT, the Soyuz 11A511 s/n Ya15000-09 booster and Kosmos 212 were set up at Site 31/6 of

Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...

and the planned mission could be carried out. Kosmos 212 was operated in a low Earth orbit, it had a perigee of , an apogee of , an inclination of 51.7°, and an orbital period of 88.75 minutes, and had a mass of . *Number of orbits: ~80

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