Kosmos 327

Kosmos 327

Mission type	ABM radar target
COSPAR ID	1970-020A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-P1-I
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	300 kilograms (660 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	18 March 1970, 14:39:56 UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site	Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date	19 January 1971
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	280 kilometres (170 mi)
Apogee	819 kilometres (509 mi)
Inclination	71 degrees
Period	95.7 minutes

Kosmos 327 (Russian: Космос 327 meaning Cosmos 327), also known as DS-P1-I No.8 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1970 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 14:39:56 UTC on 18 March 1970.^[3]

Orbit

Kosmos 327 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 280 kilometres (170 mi), an apogee of 819 kilometres (509 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.7 minutes.^[1] It decayed from orbit on 19 January 1971.^[4]

Kosmos 327 was the eighth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.^[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.^[5]

References

1. 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.