Kosmos 238

Kosmos 238 (Russian: Космос 238 meaning Cosmos 238) was the final test series of the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft prior to the launch of Soyuz 3. It tested the orbital maneuvering system, reentry, descent and landing systems that had been modified and improved after the Soyuz 1 accident.

Mission parameters

Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK
Mass: 6,520 kg
Crew: None
Launched: August 28, 1968 10:04:00 UTC
Landed: September 1, 1968 9:03 UTC
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 human spaceflight programme

Main topics

Current missions

Soyuz MS-02

MS-03

Future missions

2017: Soyuz MS-04; MS-05; MS-06; MS-07
2018: Soyuz MS-08; MS-09; MS-10; MS-11

Past missions
(by spacecraft type)

Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10

Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382

Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†

Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†

Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40

Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo–Soyuz Test Project) 22

Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)	Kosmos 670 772† 869†

Soyuz-T (1978–1986)	Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15

Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)	Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34

Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22

Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)	Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M

Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01

Uncrewed missions are designated with Kosmos numbers; crewed missions get a Soyuz number.
Failed missions are denoted with a † symbol. Cancelled missions are in italics.

← 1967 · Orbital launches in 1968 · 1969 →

Surveyor 7 \| Explorer 36 \| Kosmos 199 \| OPS 1965 \| OPS 5028 \| Kosmos 200 \| Apollo 5 \| OPS 2243 · OPS 6236 \| Kosmos 201 \| E-6LS No.112 \| Kosmos 202 \| Kosmos 203 \| OPS 7034 \| Zond 4 \| OGO-5 \| Kosmos 204 \| Kosmos 205 \| Explorer 37 \| DS-U1-Ya No.1 \| OPS 5057 \| Kosmos 206 \| OPS 4849 · OPS 7076 \| Kosmos 207 \| Kosmos 208 \| Kosmos 209 \| Kosmos 210 \| Apollo 6 \| OV1-13 · OV1-14 \| Luna 14 \| Kosmos 211 \| Kosmos 212 \| Kosmos 213 \| OPS 5165 \| Kosmos 214 \| Kosmos 215 \| Kosmos 216 \| Molniya-1 No.10 \| 7K-L1 No.7L \| Kosmos 217 \| Kosmos 218 \| Kosmos 219 \| OPS 1419 \| Kosmos 220 \| ESRO-2B \| Nimbus-B · SECOR 10 \| OPS 7869 \| Kosmos 221 \| Kosmos 222 \| Kosmos 223 \| Kosmos 224 \| Sfera No.12L \| OPS 5138 \| Kosmos 225 \| Kosmos 226 \| OPS 9341 · OPS 9342 · OPS 9343 · OPS 9344 · OPS 9345 · OPS 9346 · OPS 9347 · OPS 9348 \| Strela-2 No.3 \| Kosmos 227 \| OPS 5343 · OPS 5259 \| Kosmos 228 \| Kosmos 229 \| Explorer 38 \| Kosmos 230 \| Molniya-1 No.13 \| Kosmos 231 \| OV1-15 · OV1-16 \| Kosmos 232 \| Kosmos 233 \| Kosmos 234 \| OPS 2222 \| OPS 5187 \| OPS 5955 \| Explorer 39 · Explorer 40 \| Kosmos 235 \| ATS-4 \| ESSA-7 \| Orbiscal 1 · OV5-8 · Gridsphere 1 · Gridsphere 2 · Gridsphere B · Gridsphere R · LCS-3 · LIDOS · SECOR 11 · SECOR 12 · Radcat · P68-1 \| Kosmos 236 \| Kosmos 237 \| Kosmos 238 \| Kosmos 239 \| OPS 5247 \| Kosmos 240 \| Zond 5 \| Kosmos 241 \| OPS 0165 · OPS 8595 \| Intelsat III F-1 \| Kosmos 242 \| Kosmos 243 \| LES-6 · OV2-5 · ERS-21 · ERS-28 \| Kosmos 244 \| Kosmos 245 \| ESRO-1A \| Molniya-1 No.14 \| OPS 0964 \| Kosmos 246 \| Kosmos 247 \| Apollo 7 \| Kosmos 248 \| Kosmos 249 \| OPS 4078 \| Soyuz 2 \| Soyuz 3 \| Kosmos 250 \| Kosmos 251 \| Kosmos 252 \| OPS 1315 \| OPS 5296 \| Pioneer 9 · ERS-31 \| Zond 6 \| Kosmos 253 \| Proton 4 \| Kosmos 254 \| Kosmos 255 \| STV-1 \| Kosmos 256 \| Kosmos 257 \| OPS 6518 \| HEOS-1 \| OAO-2 \| Kosmos 258 \| OPS 4740 · OPS 7684 \| Kosmos 259 \| ESSA-8 \| Kosmos 260 \| Intelsat III F-2 \| Kosmos 261 \| Apollo 8 \| Kosmos 262

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

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