Kosmos 36

Kosmos 36 (Russian: Космос 36 meaning Cosmos 36), also known as DS-P1-Yu #1 was a satellite which was used for use in calibrating the Dnestr space surveillance and as a radar calibration target, for tests of anti-ballistic missiles.[3] It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1964 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau.

Kosmos 36
Mission typeABM radar target
COSPAR ID1964-042A
SATCAT no.00844
Mission duration213 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeDS-P1-Yu
ManufacturerYuzhnoye
Launch mass325 kg [1]
Start of mission
Launch date30 July 1964, 03:36:00 GMT
RocketKosmos-2I 63S1
Launch siteKapustin Yar, Mayak-2
ContractorYuzhnoye
End of mission
Decay date28 February 1965
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric [2]
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude261 km
Apogee altitude477 km
Inclination49.0°
Period91.9 minutes
Epoch30 July 1964
 

Kosmos 36 was launched using a Kosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket,[4] which flew from Mayak-2 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 03:36 GMT on 30 July 1964.[5]

After separating from its carrier rocket, Kosmos 36 was in a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 261 kilometres (162 mi), an apogee of 477 kilometres (296 mi), 49.0° of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 28 February 1965.[6] Kosmos 36 was the first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[7] of which all but seven were successful. The next launch of a DS-P1-Yu satellite, the DS-P1-Yu #2 will be on 12 February 1965, failed due to a second stage malfunction.

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References
  1. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-042A - 27 February 2020
  2. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayTrajectory.action?id=1964-042A - 27 February 2020
  3. Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  5. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  6. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  7. Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
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