Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1966-036A |
SATCAT no. | 02152 |
Mission duration | 221 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 325 kg [1] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 April 1966, 10:04:00 GMT |
Rocket | Kosmos-2M 63S1M |
Launch site | Kapustin Yar, Site 86/1 |
Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 3 December 1966 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric [2] |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 289 km |
Apogee altitude | 451 km |
Inclination | 48.4° |
Period | 92.0 minutes |
Epoch | 26 April 1966 |
Kosmos 116 ( Russian: Космос 116 meaning Cosmos 116), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.6 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. [3] It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and launched in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. [4]
Kosmos 116 was launched using a Kosmos-2M 63S1M carrier rocket, [5] which flew from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar. [6] The launch occurred at 10:04 GMT on 26 April 1966, and was successful. [7] Kosmos 116 separated from its carrier rocket into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 289 kilometres (180 mi), an apogee of 451 kilometres (280 mi), an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 92.0 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 3 December 1966. [8] Kosmos 116 was the fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [4] and the fourth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.