Sfera (meaning sphere, ) was a series of Soviet geodetic satellites.
Launches
18 satellites were launched from 1968 to 1978, with only one failure.
Number Name Launch date Launch site Masskg NSSDC ID NORAD ID Inclination Apogeekm Perigeekm1 Kosmos-203 20 February 1968 Plesetsk LC132 600 kg 1968-011A 3129 74,1° 1201 1183 - - 4 June 1968 Plesetsk LC132/2 Failure2 Kosmos-256 30 November 1968 Plesetsk LC132/1 600 kg 1968-106A 3576 74,1° 1223 11723 Kosmos-272 17 March 1969 Plesetsk LC132/1 600 kg 1969-024A 3818 74,0° 1208 11784 Kosmos-312 24 November 1969 Plesetsk LC132/1 600 kg 1969-103A 4254 74,0° 1175 11415 Kosmos-409 28 April 1971 Plesetsk LC132/1 600 kg 1971-038A 5180 74,0° 1218 11836 Kosmos-457 20 November 1971 Plesetsk LC132/2 600 kg 1971-099A 5614 74,0° 1211 11767 Kosmos-480 25 March 1972 Plesetsk LC132/1 600 kg 1972-019A 5905 83,0° 1199 11738 Kosmos-539 21 December 1972 Plesetsk LC132/2 600 kg 1972-102A 6319 74,0° 1379 13429 Kosmos-585 8 September 1973 Plesetsk LC132/2 600 kg 1973-064A 6825 74,0° 1424 136410 Kosmos-650 29 April 1974 Plesetsk LC132/2 600 kg 1974-028A 7281 74,0° 1401 136811 Kosmos-675 29 August 1974 Plesetsk LC132/2 600 kg 1974-069A 7424 74,1° 1424 136412 Kosmos-708 12 February 1975 Plesetsk LC132/1 600 kg 1975-012A 7663 69,2° 1410 136813 Kosmos-770 24 September 1975 Plesetsk LC132/1 650 kg 1975-089A 8325 83,0° 1208 116514 Kosmos-842 21 July 1976 Plesetsk LC132/1 650 kg 1976-070A 9025 83,0° 1006 96615 Kosmos-911 25 May 1977 Plesetsk LC132/2 700 kg 1977-039A 10019 83,0° 999 96516 Kosmos-963 24 November 1977 Plesetsk LC132/1 650 kg 1977-109A 10491 82,9° 1206 117917 Kosmos-1067 26 December 1978 Plesetsk LC132/2 880 kg 1978-122A 11168 83,0° 1213 1156
See also Satellite geodesy Geo-IK-2 List of Kosmos satellites (1–250) List of Kosmos satellites (251–500) List of Kosmos satellites (501–750) List of Kosmos satellites (751–1000) List of Kosmos satellites (1001–1250)
References
External links Sfera (11F621), Gunter's Space Page Sfera, Encyclopedia Astronautica Sfera geodesic satellite, www.russianspaceweb.com