| Kosmos 148 | |
| Mission Type: | ABM Radar target |
| Cospar Id: | 1967-023A |
| Satcat: | 02712 |
| Mission Duration: | 52 days |
| Spacecraft Type: | DS-P1-I |
| Manufacturer: | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch Mass: | 325 kg |
| Launch Date: | 16 March 1967, 17:30 GMT |
| Launch Rocket: | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
| Launch Site: | Plesetsk, 133/1 |
| Launch Contractor: | Yuzhnoye |
| Decay Date: | 7 May 1967 |
| Orbit Epoch: | 16 March 1967 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 270 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 404 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 71.0° |
| Orbit Period: | 91.3 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
Kosmos 148 (Russian: Космос 148 meaning Cosmos 148), also known as DS-P1-I No.2 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme,[1] and had a mass of .[2]
It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket,[3] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 17:30 GMT on 16 March 1967.[4] This was the first DS-P1-I launch to use the Kosmos-2I 63SM, which replaced the earlier 63S1 model. It was also the first launch from Site 133 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.[2]
Kosmos 148 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, an inclination of 71.0°, and an orbital period of 91.3 minutes.[5] It decayed from orbit on 7 May 1967.[6]
Kosmos 148 was the second of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the DS-P1-I No.6 (seventh, launched out of sequence).[7]