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Soviet Union satellite (1976?1978)
Kosmos 801
(
Russian
:
Космос 801
meaning
Cosmos 801
), also known as
DS-P1-I No.16
was a
satellite
which was used as a
radar
target for
anti-ballistic missile
tests. It was launched by the
Soviet Union
in 1976 as part of the
Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik
programme.
[1]
It was launched aboard a
Kosmos-2I
63SM rocket,
[2]
from
Site 133/1
at
Plesetsk
. The launch occurred at 14:39 UTC on 5 February 1976.
[3]
Kosmos 801 was placed into a
low Earth orbit
with a
perigee
of 268 kilometres (167 mi), an
apogee
of 796 kilometres (495 mi), 71 degrees of
inclination
, and an
orbital period
of 95.3 minutes.
[1]
It
decayed
from orbit on 5 January 1978.
[4]
Kosmos 801 was the sixteenth of nineteen
DS-P1-I
satellites to be launched.
[1]
Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the
seventh
.
[5]
See also
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References
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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in
underline
. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in
italics
. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).
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