| Kosmos 116 | |
| Mission Type: | ABM radar target |
| Cospar Id: | 1966-036A |
| Satcat: | 02152 |
| Mission Duration: | 221 days |
| Spacecraft Type: | DS-P1-Yu |
| Manufacturer: | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch Mass: | 325 kg[1] |
| Launch Date: | 26 April 1966, 10:04:00 GMT |
| Launch Rocket: | Kosmos-2M 63S1M |
| Launch Site: | Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1 |
| Launch Contractor: | Yuzhnoye |
| Decay Date: | 3 December 1966 |
| Orbit Epoch: | 26 April 1966 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric[2] |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 289 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 451 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 48.4° |
| Orbit Period: | 92.0 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
Kosmos 116 (Russian: Космос 116 meaning Cosmos 116), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.6 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles.[3] It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and launched in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[4]
Kosmos 116 was launched using a Kosmos-2M 63S1M carrier rocket,[5] which flew from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.[6] The launch occurred at 10:04 GMT on 26 April 1966, and was successful.[7] Kosmos 116 separated from its carrier rocket into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 92.0 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 3 December 1966.[8] Kosmos 116 was the fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[4] and the fourth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.