Kosmos 308 | |
Mission Type: | ABM radar target |
Cospar Id: | 1969-096A |
Spacecraft Type: | DS-P1-I |
Manufacturer: | Yuzhnoye |
Launch Date: | UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch Site: | Plesetsk 133/1 |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
Orbit Inclination: | 71 degrees |
Orbit Period: | 91.3 minutes |
Apsis: | gee |
Kosmos 308 (ru|Космос 308 meaning Cosmos 308), also known as DS-P1-I No.7 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1969 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 11:59:59 UTC on 4 November 1969.[3]
Kosmos 308 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.3 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 4 January 1970.[4]
Kosmos 308 was the sixth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]