Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1970-043A |
SATCAT no. | 04411 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 250 kilograms (550 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 June 1970, 09:30:02 | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Kapustin Yar 86/4 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 7 November 1971 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 214 kilometres (133 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 1,970 kilometres (1,220 mi) |
Inclination | 48.4 degrees |
Period | 107.1 minutes |
Kosmos 347 (Russian: Космос 347 meaning Cosmos 347), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.35, 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]