Kosmos 238 (russian: Космос 238 meaning ''Cosmos 238'') was the final test series of the Soviet
Soyuz Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз ( Russian and Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Сою́з Сове́тских Социалис ...
spacecraft prior to the launch of
Soyuz 2
Soyuz 2 (russian: Союз 2, Union 2) was an uncrewed spacecraft in the Soyuz family intended to be the target of a docking maneuver by the crewed Soyuz 3 spacecraft. It was intended to be the first docking of a crewed spacecraft in the Sov ...
. It tested the orbital maneuvering system, reentry, descent and landing systems that had been modified and improved after the
Soyuz 1
Soyuz 1 (russian: Союз 1, ''Union 1'') was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft. Th ...
accident.
Mission parameters
*Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK
*Mass: 6520 kg
* Crew: None
* Launched: 28 August 1968, 10:04:00 GMT
* Landed: 1 September 1968, 09:03:00 GMT
*Perigee: 194 km
*Apogee: 313 km
*Inclination: 51.7°
*Period: 88.5 minutes
* NSSDC ID: 1968-072A
References
Text comes from NASA NSSDC Master Catalog
Soyuz uncrewed test flights
Kosmos satellites
1968 in the Soviet Union
Spacecraft launched in 1968
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