Engineering:Kosmos 308
Mission type | ABM radar target |
---|---|
COSPAR ID | 1969-096A |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-I |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 325 kilograms (717 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 4 November 1969, 11:59:59 | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 4 January 1970 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 271 kilometres (168 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 408 kilometres (254 mi) |
Inclination | 71 degrees |
Period | 91.3 minutes |
Kosmos 308 (Russian: Космос 308 meaning Cosmos 308), also known as DS-P1-I No.7 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[1]
Launch
It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket,[2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 11:59:59 UTC on 4 November 1969.[3]
Kosmos 308 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 271 kilometres (168 mi), an apogee of 408 kilometres (254 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.3 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 4 January 1970.[4]
Kosmos 308 was the sixth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]
See also
- 1969 in spaceflight
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsp1i.htm.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos2.htm.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "DS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/project/ds.htm.
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