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Kosmos 214
Mission typeOptical imaging reconnaissance
OperatorOKB-1
COSPAR ID1968-032A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.03203
Mission duration100 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeZenit-4
ManufacturerOKB-1
Launch mass4000 kg
Start of mission
Launch date18 April 1968, 10:33:00 GMT
RocketVoskhod 11A57 s/n V15001-12
Launch sitePlesetsk, Site 41/1
ContractorOKB-1
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude200 km
Apogee altitude373 km
Inclination81.4°
Period90.3 minutes
Epoch18 April 1968

Kosmos 214 (Template:Lang-ru meaning Cosmos 214) or Zenit-4 No.45 was a Soviet, second generation, high resolution, optical film-return reconnaissance satellite launched in 1968. A Zenit-4 spacecraft, Kosmos 214 was the forty-seventh of eighty-one such satellites to be launched. and had a mass of 4,000 kilograms (8,800 lb)."Cosmos 214: Display 1968-032A". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Kosmos 214 was launched by a Voskhod 11A57 rocket, serial number V15001-12, flying from Site 41/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch took place at 10:33:00 GMT on 18 April 1968, and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1968-032A and the Satellite Catalog Number 03203.

Kosmos 214 was operated in a low Earth orbit, at an epoch of 18 April 1968, it had a perigee of 200 kilometres (121 mi), an apogee of 373 kilometres (187 mi), an inclination of 81.4°, and an orbital period of 90.3 minutes. . . NASA. 27 February 2020. {{PD

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