| Kosmos 165 | |
| Mission Type: | ABM radar target |
| Cospar Id: | 1967-059A |
| Satcat: | 02842 |
| Mission Duration: | 217 days |
| Spacecraft Type: | DS-P1-Yu |
| Manufacturer: | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch Mass: | 400 kg |
| Launch Date: | 12 June 1967, 18:06:00 GMT |
| Launch Rocket: | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
| Launch Site: | Plesetsk, Site 133/3 |
| Launch Contractor: | Yuzhnoye |
| Decay Date: | 15 January 1968 |
| Orbit Epoch: | 12 June 1967 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 198 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 1515 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 81.9° |
| Orbit Period: | 102.1 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
Kosmos 165 (Russian: Космос 165 meaning Cosmos 165), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.11 was a radar calibration target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was a spacecraft,[1] which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Office, and launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[2]
Kosmos 165 was launched using a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket, which flew from Site 133/3 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome.[3] The launch occurred at 18:06:00 GMT on 12 June 1967.[4]
Kosmos 165 separated from its carrier rocket into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, an inclination of 81.9°, and an orbital period of 102.1 minutes.[5] It decayed from orbit on 15 January 1968.[6] Kosmos 165 was the eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[2] and the seventh of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[7]