Kosmos 204

Kosmos 204 (Russian: Космос 204 meaning Cosmos 204), also known as DS-P1-I #3 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1968 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 11:20 UTC on 5 March 1968.^[3]

Kosmos 204 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 485 kilometres (301 mi), an apogee of 626 kilometres (389 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.7 minutes.^[1] It decayed from orbit on 2 March 1969.^[4]

Kosmos 204 was the third of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.^[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.^[5]

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ Wade, Mark. "DS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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Test	Kosmos 6 #2 Kosmos 19 Kosmos 25

P1-I	Kosmos 106 Kosmos 148 Kosmos 204 Kosmos 242 Kosmos 275 Kosmos 308 #6 Kosmos 327 Kosmos 362 Kosmos 391 Kosmos 440 Kosmos 497 Kosmos 615 Kosmos 662 Kosmos 750 Kosmos 801 Kosmos 849 Kosmos 901 Kosmos 919

P1-M	#1 Kosmos 394 Kosmos 400 Kosmos 459 Kosmos 521

P1-M Lira	#1 Kosmos 803 Kosmos 839 Kosmos 880 Kosmos 909 Kosmos 959 Kosmos 967 Kosmos 1171 Kosmos 1241 Kosmos 1375

P1-Yu	Kosmos 36 #2 Kosmos 76 Kosmos 101 Kosmos 116 Kosmos 123 Kosmos 152 Kosmos 165 Kosmos 173 Kosmos 176 Kosmos 191 Kosmos 211 Kosmos 221 Kosmos 222 Kosmos 233 Kosmos 245 Kosmos 257 Kosmos 265 Kosmos 268 Kosmos 277 Kosmos 283 Kosmos 285 #23 Kosmos 295 Kosmos 303 Kosmos 307 Kosmos 311 Kosmos 314 Kosmos 319 Kosmos 324 Kosmos 334 #36 Kosmos 347 Kosmos 351 Kosmos 357 Kosmos 369 Kosmos 380 Kosmos 388 Kosmos 393 #39 Kosmos 408 Kosmos 421 Kosmos 423 #33 Kosmos 435 Kosmos 453 Kosmos 455 Kosmos 458 Kosmos 467 Kosmos 472 Kosmos 481 Kosmos 485 Kosmos 487 #51 Kosmos 498 Kosmos 501 Kosmos 523 Kosmos 524 Kosmos 526 Kosmos 545 Kosmos 553 Kosmos 558 Kosmos 562 Kosmos 580 Kosmos 601 Kosmos 608 Kosmos 611 Kosmos 633 Kosmos 634 #68 Kosmos 668 Kosmos 686 Kosmos 695 Kosmos 703 Kosmos 705 Kosmos 725 Kosmos 745 Kosmos 818 Kosmos 850

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