Kosmos 849

Kosmos 849 ( Russian : Космос 849 meaning Cosmos 849 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.17 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 09:30 UTC on 18 August 1976. ^[3]

Kosmos 849 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 264 kilometres (164 mi), an apogee of 865 kilometres (537 mi), 71 degrees of inclination , and an orbital period of 96 minutes. ^[1] It decayed from orbit on 24 April 1978. ^[4]

Kosmos 849 was the seventeenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched. ^[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh . ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009 . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ McDowell, Jonathan . "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012 . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ Wade, Mark. "DS" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009 . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .

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