Kosmos 523

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Kosmos 523
Mission type ABM radar target
COSPAR ID 1972-078A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type DS-P1-Yu
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass 325 kilograms (717 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 5 October 1972, 11:30:00 (1972-10-05UTC11:30Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date 7 March 1973 (1973-03-08)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 264 kilometres (164 mi)
Apogee 450 kilometres (280 mi)
Inclination 71 degrees
Period 91.7 minutes

Kosmos 523 (Russian: Космос 523 meaning Cosmos 523), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.63, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.[1]

Kosmos 523 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 11:30:00 UTC on 5 October 1972.[2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,[3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket. Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-078A.[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 06222.

Kosmos 523 was the fifty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[1] and the fifty-first of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 264 kilometres (164 mi), an apogee of 450 kilometres (280 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.7 minutes.[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 7 March 1973.[6]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  2. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  4. "Cosmos 523". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  5. Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 31 August 2009. 


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