Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1971-090A |
SATCAT no. | 05563 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 325 kilograms (717 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19 October 1971, 12:40:01 | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 19 March 1972 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 266 kilometres (165 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 471 kilometres (293 mi) |
Inclination | 70.9 degrees |
Period | 91.9 minutes |
Kosmos 453 (Russian: Космос 453 meaning Cosmos 453), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.44, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 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]