Kosmos 662 Explained

Kosmos 662
Mission Type:ABM radar target
Cospar Id:1974-047A
Spacecraft Type:DS-P1-I
Manufacturer:Yuzhnoye
Launch Date: UTC
Launch Rocket:Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch Site:Plesetsk 133/1
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Inclination:70.9 degrees
Orbit Period:95.5 minutes
Apsis:gee

Kosmos 662 (Russian: Космос 662 meaning Cosmos 662), also known as DS-P1-I No.14 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[1]

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket,[2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 12:30 UTC on 26 June 1974.[3]

Kosmos 662 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.5 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 28 August 1976.[4]

Kosmos 662 was the fourteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: DS-P1-I. Wade. Mark. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 28 May 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091130070610/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/dsp1i.htm. 30 November 2009. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Launch Log. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 28 May 2009.
  3. Web site: Kosmos 2. Wade. Mark. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 28 May 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120618125001/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kosmos2.htm. 18 June 2012. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Satellite Catalog. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Page. 28 May 2009.
  5. Web site: DS. Wade. Mark. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 28 May 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090331210314/http://www.astronautix.com/project/ds.htm. 31 March 2009. dmy-all.