| Major contractors | Yuzhnoye |
|---|---|
| Bus | DS-P1-I |
| Mission type | ABM Radar target |
| Launch date | 25 January 1966 12:28 GMT |
| Carrier rocket | Kosmos-2M 63S1M |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar Site 86/1 |
| Orbital decay | 14 November 1966 |
| COSPAR ID | 1966-004A |
| Mass | 325 kilograms (720 lb) |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 48.4° |
| Apoapsis | 553 kilometres (344 mi) |
| Periapsis | 281 kilometres (175 mi) |
| Orbital period | 92.8 minutes |
Kosmos 106 (Russian: Космос 106 meaning Cosmos 106), also known as DS-P1-I #1 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[1]
It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2M 63S1M rocket,[2] from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.[3] The launch occurred at 12:28 GMT on 25 January 1966.[4] It was the only DS-P1-I satellite to be launched on the short-lived Kosmos-2M before launches switched to the Kosmos-2I 63SM variant.
Kosmos 106 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 281 kilometres (175 mi), an apogee of 553 kilometres (344 mi), 48.4 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 92.8 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 14 November 1966.[5]
Kosmos 106 was the first of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[6]
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