DS-P1 Credit - Yuzhnoye

Prototype ABM radar target; supported developmental experiments for ABM systems.

Developed by V M Kovtunenko at OKB-586. DS-type control-test complexes were used for radar tests of the PVO (Soviet Air Defense Forces). As a result of flight test of the DS-P1 in 1962 the practical use of this method was shown. The DS-P1 spacecraft used solar cells for the first time in a Yuzhnoye satellite. The cells were arranged around a dodecahedron that enclosed and was rigidly connected to the main sealed container portion of the satellite..

Typical orbit: 262 x 446 km, 49 deg inclinaton. Mass: 355 kg (782 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1.

• 1962 June 30 - Cosmos 6 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1. Mass: 355 kg (782 lb). Perigee: 261 km (162 mi). Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). Inclination: 48.90 deg. Period: 90.60 min.

  Prototype ABM radar target; supported developmental experiments for ABM systems.

• 1963 April 6 - DS-P1 s/n 2 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1. FAILURE: First stage failed.

  Prototype ABM radar target; supported developmental experiments for ABM systems.

• 1963 August 6 - Cosmos 19 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1. Mass: 355 kg (782 lb). Perigee: 267 km (165 mi). Apogee: 497 km (308 mi). Inclination: 49.00 deg. Period: 92.10 min.

  Prototype ABM radar target; supported developmental experiments for ABM systems.

• 1964 February 27 - Cosmos 25 - Program: DS. Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 63S1. Mass: 355 kg (782 lb). Perigee: 260 km (160 mi). Apogee: 495 km (307 mi). Inclination: 49.10 deg. Period: 92.10 min.

  Prototype ABM radar target; supported developmental experiments for ABM systems.

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