| Major contractors | Yuzhnoye |
|---|---|
| Bus | DS-P1-I |
| Mission type | ABM Radar target |
| Launch date | 4 November 1969 11:59:59 GMT |
| Carrier rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
| Launch site | Plesetsk Site 133/1 |
| Orbital decay | 4 January 1970 |
| COSPAR ID | 1969-096A |
| Mass | 325 kilograms (720 lb) |
| Orbital elements | |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 71° |
| Apoapsis | 408 kilometres (254 mi) |
| Periapsis | 271 kilometres (168 mi) |
| Orbital period | 91.3 minutes |
Kosmos 308 (Russian: Космос 308 meaning Cosmos 308), also known as DS-P1-I #7 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1969 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 11:59:59 GMT on 4 November 1969.[3]
Kosmos 308 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 271 kilometres (168 mi), an apogee of 408 kilometres (254 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.3 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 4 January 1970.[4]
Kosmos 308 was the sixth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]