Kosmos 750

Kosmos 750
Mission type ABM radar target
COSPAR ID 1975-067A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type DS-P1-I
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass 400 kilograms (880 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 17 July 1975, 09:10 UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date 29 September 1977
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 272 kilometres (169 mi)
Apogee 803 kilometres (499 mi)
Inclination 71 degrees
Period 95.4 minutes

Kosmos 750 (Russian: Космос 750 meaning Cosmos 750), also known as DS-P1-I No.15 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1975 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 09:10 UTC on 17 July 1975.[3]

Kosmos 750 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 272 kilometres (169 mi), an apogee of 803 kilometres (499 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.4 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 29 September 1977.[4]

Kosmos 750 was the fifteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  3. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  5. Wade, Mark. "DS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 May 2009.