Kosmos 101

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Kosmos 101
Mission type ABM radar target
COSPAR ID 1965-107A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type DS-P1-Yu
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass 325 kilograms (717 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 21 December 1965, 06:14 (1965-12-21UTC06:14Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63S1
Launch site Kapustin Yar 86/1
End of mission
Decay date 12 July 1966 (1966-07-13)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 255 kilometres (158 mi)
Apogee 510 kilometres (320 mi)
Inclination 48.8 degrees
Period 92.20 minutes

Kosmos 101 (Russian: Космос 101 meaning Cosmos 101), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.4 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles.[1] It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[2]

The launch of Kosmos 101 was conducted using a Kosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket,[3] which flew from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 06:14 GMT on 21 December 1965.[4]

Kosmos 101 separated from its carrier rocket into a low Earth orbit with an apogee of 510 kilometres (320 mi), a perigee of 255 kilometres (158 mi), 48.8 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 92.20 minutes.[2][5] It decayed from orbit on 12 July 1966.[5] Kosmos 101 was the fourth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[2] of which all but seven were successful.

See also

References

  1. Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 9 August 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 9 August 2009. 
  3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 August 2009. 
  4. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 9 August 2009. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 August 2009. 



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