Kosmos 750

Kosmos 750

Mission type	ABM radar target
COSPAR ID	1975-067A
SATCAT no.	08036
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-P1-I
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	400 kilograms (880 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	17 July 1975, 09:10 (1975-07-17UTC09:10Z) UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site	Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date	29 September 1977 (1977-09-30)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	272 kilometres (169 mi)
Apogee altitude	803 kilometres (499 mi)
Inclination	71 degrees
Period	95.4 minutes

Kosmos 750 (Russian: Космос 750 meaning Cosmos 750), also known as DS-P1-I No.15 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1975 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 09:10 UTC on 17 July 1975.^[3]

Kosmos 750 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 272 kilometres (169 mi), an apogee of 803 kilometres (499 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.4 minutes.^[1] It decayed from orbit on 29 September 1977.^[4]

Kosmos 750 was the fifteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.^[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.^[5]

See also

• 1975 in spaceflight

References

1. Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
3. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
5. Wade, Mark. "DS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.