Engineering:Kosmos 524

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Kosmos 524
Mission typeABM radar target
COSPAR ID1972-080A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeDS-P1-Yu
ManufacturerYuzhnoye
Launch mass325 kilograms (717 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date11 October 1972, 13:19:58 (1972-10-11UTC13:19:58Z) UTC
RocketKosmos-2I 63SM
Launch sitePlesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date25 March 1973 (1973-03-26)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude259 kilometres (161 mi)
Apogee altitude476 kilometres (296 mi)
Inclination70.9 degrees
Period91.9 minutes
 

Kosmos 524 (Russian: Космос 524 meaning Cosmos 524), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.49, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.[1]

Kosmos 524 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 13:19:58 UTC on 11 October 1972.[2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,[3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket. Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-080A.[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 06229.

Kosmos 524 was the fifty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[1] and the fifty-second of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 259 kilometres (161 mi), an apogee of 476 kilometres (296 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes.[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 25 March 1973.[6]

See also

  • 1972 in spaceflight

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsp1yu.htm. 
  2. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos2.htm. 
  3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. 
  4. "Cosmos 524". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1972-080A. 
  5. Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ds-p1-yu.htm. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt.