| Kosmos 106 | |
| Mission Type: | ABM Radar target |
| Cospar Id: | 1966-004A |
| Satcat: | 1949 |
| Spacecraft Type: | DS-P1-I |
| Manufacturer: | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch Mass: | 325 kg[1] |
| Launch Date: | 25 January 1966, 12:28:00 GMT |
| Launch Rocket: | Kosmos-2M 63S1M |
| Launch Site: | Kapustin Yar 86/1 |
| Launch Contractor: | Yuzhnoye |
| Decay Date: | 14 November 1966 |
| Orbit Epoch: | 25 January 1966 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric[2] |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 281 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 553 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 48.4° |
| Orbit Period: | 92.8 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Programme: | Kosmos (satellites) |
| Previous Mission: | Kosmos 105 |
| Next Mission: | Kosmos 107 |
Kosmos 106 (Russian: Космос 106 meaning Cosmos 106), also known as DS-P1-I No.1 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme and had a mass of 325kg (717lb).
It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2M 63S1M rocket,[3] from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.[4] The launch occurred at 12:28 GMT on 25 January 1966.[5] It was the only DS-P1-I satellite to be launched on the short-lived Kosmos-2M before launches switched to the Kosmos-2I 63SM variant.
Kosmos 106 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 92.8 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 14 November 1966.[6]
Kosmos 106 was the first of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[7] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the DS-P1-I No.6 (seventh), on 30 January 1970.[8]