Soviet Space Program

DS-U2-GK 1

Kosmos 11K63

SUCCESS

Success

Thursday, December 19, 1968 · 23:55 UTC

Mission

/01

The DS-U2-GK satellites were Soviet geophysical research satellites launched as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Variant: 11K63

Launch Pad

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.887° N, 40.847° E

Pad Launches

Location Launches

370

Agency Launches

129

Orbital This Year