'''Cosmos 212''' was one of a series of Soviet Soyuz_programme test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to earth by multichannel telemetry systems equipped with space-borne memory units. Cosmos 212 and Cosmos 213 automatically docked in orbit on April_15 1968. Both spacecraft landed on Soviet territory.
==Mission parameters==
*'''Spacecraft:''' Soyuz 7K-OK
*'''Mass:''' 6,530 kg
* '''Crew:''' None
* '''Launched:''' April_14, 1968 10:00:00 UTC
* '''Landed:''' April_19, 1968 08:10 UTC
*'''Perigee:''' 186 km
*'''Apogee:''' 225 km
*'''Inclination:''' 51.7°
*'''Period:''' 88.75 minutes
* '''NSSDC ID:''' 1968-029A
== Reference ==
Text comes from NASA NSSDC Master Catalog
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