| Kosmos 849 | |
| Mission Type: | ABM radar target |
| Cospar Id: | 1976-083A |
| 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: | 71 degrees |
| Orbit Period: | 96 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
Kosmos 849 (ru|Космос 849 meaning Cosmos 849), also known as DS-P1-I No.17 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 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 09:30 UTC on 18 August 1976.[3]
Kosmos 849 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 96 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 24 April 1978.[4]
Kosmos 849 was the seventeenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]