Kosmos 909

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Kosmos 909
Mission type ASAT target
COSPAR ID 1977-036A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Lira
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass 650 kilograms (1,430 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 19 May 1977, 16:30 (1977-05-19UTC16:30Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-3M
Launch site Plesetsk 132/2
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 985 kilometres (612 mi)
Apogee 2,111 kilometres (1,312 mi)
Inclination 65.9 degrees
Period 117 minutes

Kosmos 909 (Russian: Космос 909 meaning Cosmos 909) was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme,[1] and used as a target for Kosmos 910 and Kosmos 918, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.[2]

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket,[3] from Site 132/2 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 16:30 UTC on 19 May 1977.[4]

Kosmos 909 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 985 kilometres (612 mi), an apogee of 2,111 kilometres (1,312 mi), 65.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 117 minutes.[1] Attempted interceptions by Kosmos 910 and 918 on 23 May and 17 June respectively failed, and as of 2009 Kosmos 909 remains in orbit.[2][5]

Kosmos 909 was the fifth of ten Lira satellites to be launched,[1] of which all but the first were successful. Lira was derived from the earlier DS-P1-M satellite, which it replaced.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 30 May 2009. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wade, Mark. "IS-A". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 30 May 2009. 
  3. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 30 May 2009. 
  4. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 3". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 30 May 2009. 
  5. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 30 May 2009. 
DS-1
  • #1
  • #2
DS-2
DS-A1
DS-K
DS-MG
DS-MT
DS-MO
DS-P1
Test
P1-I
P1-M
P1-M Lira
P1-Yu
DS-U1
DS-U2
DS-U3
  • Kosmos 166
  • Kosmos 230
  • Interkosmos 1
  • Interkosmos 4
  • Interkosmos 7
  • Interkosmos 11
  • Interkosmos 14
  • Interkosmos 16
Omega
I1P
  • Polyot 1
  • Polyot 2
IS-A
  • Kosmos 185
  • Kosmos 249
  • Kosmos 252
  • Kosmos 316
  • Kosmos 374
  • Kosmos 375
  • Kosmos 397
  • Kosmos 404
  • Kosmos 462
  • Kosmos 804
  • Kosmos 814
  • Kosmos 843
  • Kosmos 886
  • Kosmos 910
  • Kosmos 918
  • Kosmos 961
  • Kosmos 970
  • Kosmos 1009
  • Kosmos 1174
  • Kosmos 1243
  • Kosmos 1258
  • Kosmos 1379
IS-P
  • Kosmos 217
  • Kosmos 248
  • Kosmos 291
  • Kosmos 373
Other targets
← 1976  ·  Orbital launches in 1977  ·  1978 →
Kosmos 888 | Meteor-2 No.2 | Kosmos 889 | Kosmos 890 | NATO 3B | Kosmos 891 | OPS 3151 | Soyuz 24 | Kosmos 892 | Molniya-2-17 | Kosmos 893 | Tansei 3 | Kosmos 894 | Unnamed | Kiku 2 | Kosmos 895 | Kosmos 896 | Kosmos 897 | Palapa A2 | OPS 4915 | Kosmos 898 | Molniya-1-36 | Kosmos 899 | Kosmos 900 | Meteor-M No.39 | Kosmos 901 | Kosmos 902 | Kosmos 903 | Kosmos 904 | GEOS-1 | Kosmos 905 | Kosmos 906 | Molniya-3 No.19 | Kosmos 907 | OPS 9437 · OPS 9438 | Kosmos 908 | Kosmos 909 | Kosmos 910 | OPS 9751 | Kosmos 911 | Kosmos 912 | Intelsat IVA F-4 | Kosmos 913 | Kosmos 914 | OPS 5644 | Kosmos 915 | Kosmos 916 | Kosmos 917 | GOES 2 | Signe 3 | Kosmos 918 | Kosmos 919 | Kosmos 920 | NTS-2 | Molniya-1 No.45 | Kosmos 921 | OPS 4800 | Meteor-Priroda No.2-2 | Kosmos 922 | Kosmos 923 | Kosmos 924 | Kosmos 925 | Kosmos 926 | Kosmos 927 | Kosmos 928 | Himawari 1 | Kosmos 929 | Kosmos 930 | Kosmos 931 | Kosmos 932 | Kosmos 933 | Gran' No.13L | Kosmos 934 | Kosmos 935 | Kosmos 936 | TKS-VA No.009P · TKS-VA No.009A | Unnamed | HEAO-1 | Voyager 2 | Kosmos 937 | Kosmos 938 | Kosmos 939 · Kosmos 940 · Kosmos 941 · Kosmos 942 · Kosmos 943 · Kosmos 944 · Kosmos 945 · Kosmos 946 | Sirio 1 | Kosmos 947 | Molniya-1-38 | Kosmos 948 | Voyager 1 | Kosmos 949 | Kosmos 950 | Kosmos 951 | OTS-1 | Kosmos 952 | Kosmos 953 | Kosmos 954 | Kosmos 955 | Ekran No.12L | Prognoz 6 | OPS 7471 | Kosmos 956 | Interkosmos 17 | Salyut 6 | Intelsat IVA F-5 | Kosmos 957 | Soyuz 25 | Kosmos 958 | Kosmos 959 | ISEE-1 · ISEE-2 | Kosmos 960 | Kosmos 961 | Molniya-3 No.18 | Transat | Kosmos 962 | Meteosat 1 | Kosmos 963 | Unnamed | Kosmos 964 | Kosmos 965 | OPS 8781 · OPS 8781 SSU-1 · OPS 8781 SSU-2 · OPS 8781 SSU-3 | Soyuz 26 | OPS 4258 | Kosmos 966 | Kosmos 967 | Meteor-2 No.3 | Sakura 1 | Kosmos 968 | Kosmos 969 | Kosmos 970 | Kosmos 971 | Kosmos 972 | Kosmos 973
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