Kosmos 106
Soviet ABM radar target satellite (DS-P
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Kosmos 106 (Russian: Космос 106 meaning Cosmos 106), also known as DS-P1-I No.1 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme and had a mass of 325 kilograms (717 lb).
| Mission type | ABM Radar target |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1966-004A |
| SATCAT no. | 1949 |
| Mission duration | 9 months and 20 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | DS-P1-I |
| Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch mass | 325 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 January 1966, 12:28:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Kosmos-2M 63S1M |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar 86/1 |
| Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 14 November 1966 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 281 km |
| Apogee altitude | 553 km |
| Inclination | 48.4° |
| Period | 92.8 minutes |
| Epoch | 25 January 1966 |
It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2M 63S1M rocket,[3] from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.[4] The launch occurred at 12:28 GMT on 25 January 1966.[5] It was the only DS-P1-I satellite to be launched on the short-lived Kosmos-2M before launches switched to the Kosmos-2I 63SM variant.
Kosmos 106 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 281 kilometres (175 mi), an apogee of 553 kilometres (344 mi), an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 92.8 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 14 November 1966.[6]
Kosmos 106 was the first of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[7] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the DS-P1-I No.6 (seventh), on 30 January 1970.[8]
