title: Sfera (satellite series)
text: # Sfera (satellite series)
  
  Sfera (meaning sphere, Russian: Сфера) is 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 | Mass kg | NSSDC ID | NORAD ID | Inclination | Apogee km | Perigee km |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kosmos-203 | 20 February 1968 | Plesetsk LC132 | 600 kg | 1968-011A | 3129 | 74,1° | 1201 | 1183 |
  | - | - | 4 June 1968 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | Failure | Failure | Failure | Failure | Failure | Failure |
  | 2 | Kosmos-256 | 30 November 1968 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 600 kg | 1968-106A | 3576 | 74,1° | 1223 | 1172 |
  | 3 | Kosmos-272 | 17 March 1969 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 600 kg | 1969-024A | 3818 | 74,0° | 1208 | 1178 |
  | 4 | Kosmos-312 | 24 November 1969 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 600 kg | 1969-103A | 4254 | 74,0° | 1175 | 1141 |
  | 5 | Kosmos-409 | 28 April 1971 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 600 kg | 1971-038A | 5180 | 74,0° | 1218 | 1183 |
  | 6 | Kosmos-457 | 20 November 1971 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | 600 kg | 1971-099A | 5614 | 74,0° | 1211 | 1176 |
  | 7 | Kosmos-480 | 25 March 1972 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 600 kg | 1972-019A | 5905 | 83,0° | 1199 | 1173 |
  | 8 | Kosmos-539 | 21 December 1972 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | 600 kg | 1972-102A | 6319 | 74,0° | 1379 | 1342 |
  | 9 | Kosmos-585 | 8 September 1973 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | 600 kg | 1973-064A | 6825 | 74,0° | 1424 | 1364 |
  | 10 | Kosmos-650 | 29 April 1974 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | 600 kg | 1974-028A | 7281 | 74,0° | 1401 | 1368 |
  | 11 | Kosmos-675 | 29 August 1974 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | 600 kg | 1974-069A | 7424 | 74,1° | 1424 | 1364 |
  | 12 | Kosmos-708 | 12 February 1975 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 600 kg | 1975-012A | 7663 | 69,2° | 1410 | 1368 |
  | 13 | Kosmos-770 | 24 September 1975 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 650 kg | 1975-089A | 8325 | 83,0° | 1208 | 1165 |
  | 14 | Kosmos-842 | 21 July 1976 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 650 kg | 1976-070A | 9025 | 83,0° | 1006 | 966 |
  | 15 | Kosmos-911 | 25 May 1977 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | 700 kg | 1977-039A | 10019 | 83,0° | 999 | 965 |
  | 16 | Kosmos-963 | 24 November 1977 | Plesetsk LC132/1 | 650 kg | 1977-109A | 10491 | 82,9° | 1206 | 1179 |
  | 17 | Kosmos-1067 | 26 December 1978 | Plesetsk LC132/2 | 880 kg | 1978-122A | 11168 | 83,0° | 1213 | 1156 |
  