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
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