| Mission type | ABM radar target |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1965-059A |
| SATCAT no. | 01464 |
| Mission duration | 236 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
| Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch mass | 325 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 July 1965, 04:33:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63S1 |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1 |
| Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 16 March 1966 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 256 km |
| Apogee altitude | 513 km |
| Inclination | 48.8° |
| Period | 92.2 minutes |
| Epoch | 23 July 1965 |
Kosmos 76 (Russian: Космос 76 meaning Cosmos 76), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.3 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles.[3] It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and launched in 1965 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[4]
Kosmos 76 was launched using a Kosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket,[5] which flew from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 04:33 GMT on 23 July 1965.[6]
Kosmos 76 separated from its carrier rocket into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 256 kilometres (159 mi), an apogee of 513 kilometres (319 mi), an 48.8° of inclination, and an orbital period of 92.2 minutes.[4][7] It decayed from orbit on 16 March 1966.[7] Kosmos 76 was the third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[4] of which all but seven were successful. It replaced the previous satellite, DS-P1-Yu No.2, launched on 12 February 1965, which had failed to reach orbit due to a second stage malfunction[4]
- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-059A - 27 February 2020
- ^ https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1965-059A - 27 February 2020
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- ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 8 August 2009.