Kosmos 1375
Soviet satellite
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Kosmos 1375 (Russian: Космос 1375 meaning Cosmos 1375) was a target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of anti-satellite weapons as part of the "anti-satellite weapon" Istrebitel Sputnikov program.[1] It was a product of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik satellite development program.[2]
| Mission type | ASAT target |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1982-055A |
| SATCAT no. | 13259 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Lira |
| Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch mass | 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 6 June 1982, 17:10 UTC |
| Rocket | Kosmos-3M |
| Launch site | Plesetsk 132/2 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 986 kilometres (613 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 1,003 kilometres (623 mi) |
| Inclination | 65.8 degrees |
| Period | 105 minutes |
It was launched at 17:10 UTC on 6 June 1982,[3] using a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket,[4] flying from Site 132/2 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northwest Russia. This was the final launch of a Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program satellite, a program that dated back to the early 1960s.
Kosmos 1375 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 986 kilometres (613 mi), an apogee of 1,003 kilometres (623 mi), 65.8 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 105 minutes.[2] On 18 June 1982, it was successfully intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 1379 in the final Soviet anti-satellite weapons test to be conducted. As of 2022, debris is still in orbit.[1][5]
Kosmos 1375 was the last of ten Lira satellites to be launched,[2] of which all but the first were successful. Lira was derived from the earlier DS-P1-M satellite, which it replaced.
