Engineering:Kosmos 662

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Kosmos 662
Mission typeABM radar target
COSPAR ID1974-047A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeDS-P1-I
ManufacturerYuzhnoye
Launch mass400 kilograms (880 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date26 June 1974, 12:30 (1974-06-26UTC12:30Z) UTC
RocketKosmos-2I 63SM
Launch sitePlesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date28 August 1976 (1976-08-29)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude271 kilometres (168 mi)
Apogee altitude812 kilometres (505 mi)
Inclination70.9 degrees
Period95.5 minutes
 

Kosmos 662 (Russian: Космос 662 meaning Cosmos 662), also known as DS-P1-I No.14 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[1]

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket,[2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 12:30 UTC on 26 June 1974.[3]

Kosmos 662 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 271 kilometres (168 mi), an apogee of 812 kilometres (505 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.5 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 28 August 1976.[4]

Kosmos 662 was the fourteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]

See also

  • 1974 in spaceflight

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsp1i.htm. 
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. 
  3. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos2.htm. 
  4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt. 
  5. Wade, Mark. "DS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/project/ds.htm.