Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1970-004A |
SATCAT no. | 04299 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 250 kilograms (550 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 January 1970, 13:39:59 | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 1 July 1970 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 196 kilometres (122 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 1,371 kilometres (852 mi) |
Inclination | 81.9 degrees |
Period | 100.5 minutes |
Kosmos 319 (Russian: Космос 319 meaning Cosmos 319), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.25, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 250-kilogram (550 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.[1]