Kosmos 6

Kosmos 6
Mission typeABM radar target
Technology
Harvard designation1962 Alpha Delta 1
COSPAR ID1962-028A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.00338
Mission duration39 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeDS-P1
ManufacturerYuzhnoye
Launch mass355 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date30 June 1962, 16:00:00 GMT
RocketKosmos-2I 63S1
Launch siteKapustin Yar, Mayak-2
ContractorYuzhnoye
End of mission
Decay date8 August 1962
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric[2]
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude264 km
Apogee altitude344 km
Inclination49.0°
Period90.6 minutes
Epoch30 June 1962

Kosmos 6 (Russian: Космос 6 meaning Cosmos 6), also known as DS-P1 No.1 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme[1] and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 16 was a prototype radar target satellite for anti-ballistic missile tests, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1962.

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