Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1973-035A |
SATCAT no. | 06665![]() |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 400 kilograms (880 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 June 1973, 11:29:47 | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 7 January 1974 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 267 kilometres (166 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 464 kilometres (288 mi) |
Inclination | 70.9 degrees |
Period | 91.9 minutes |
Kosmos 562 (Russian: Космос 562 meaning Cosmos 562), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.66, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 400-kilogram (880 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.[1]
Launch
[edit]Kosmos 562 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 11:29:47 UTC on 5 June 1973.[2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,[3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.
Orbit
[edit]Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1973-035A.[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 06665.
Kosmos 562 was the sixty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[1] and the fifty-seventh of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 267 kilometres (166 mi), an apogee of 464 kilometres (288 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes.[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 7 January 1974.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Cosmos 562". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 31 August 2009.