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Kosmos 261

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Kosmos 261

Summary

Kosmos 261 is a DS-U2-GK[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (ds_u2_gk category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kosmos 261's instance of is recorded as DS-U2-GK[3].
  • Kosmos 261's manufacturer is recorded as Pivdenne Design Office[4].
  • Kosmos 261's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1968-117A[5].
  • Kosmos 261's Commons category is recorded as Cosmos (satellite)[6].
  • Kosmos 261's space launch vehicle is recorded as Kosmos-2I[7].
  • Kosmos 261's SCN is recorded as 03624[8].
  • Kosmos 261's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1968-12-19T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Kosmos 261's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09rtzg1[10].
  • Kosmos 261's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[11].
  • Kosmos 261's start point is recorded as Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133[12].
  • Kosmos 261's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "03624"][13].

Why It Matters

Kosmos 261 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (ds_u2_gk category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

DS-U2-GK Kosmos-2I

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Kosmos 261. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kosmos-261
MLA “Kosmos 261.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/kosmos-261.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kosmos-261_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Kosmos 261}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kosmos-261}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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