Kosmos 308

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 (1969-11-04UTC11:59:59Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date 4 January 1970 (1970-01-05)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 271 kilometres (168 mi)
Apogee 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  3. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  5. Wade, Mark. "DS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
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