Kosmos 849

Kosmos 849 (Russian: Космос 849 meaning Cosmos 849), also known as DS-P1-I No.17 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.^[1]

Kosmos 849

Mission type	ABM radar target
COSPAR ID	1976-083A
SATCAT no.	09382
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-P1-I
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	400 kilograms (880 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	18 August 1976, 09:30 (1976-08-18UTC09:30Z) UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site	Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date	24 April 1978 (1978-04-25)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	264 kilometres (164 mi)
Apogee altitude	865 kilometres (537 mi)
Inclination	71 degrees
Period	96 minutes

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket,^[2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 09:30 UTC on 18 August 1976.^[3]

Kosmos 849 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 264 kilometres (164 mi), an apogee of 865 kilometres (537 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 96 minutes.^[1] It decayed from orbit on 24 April 1978.^[4]

Kosmos 849 was the seventeenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.^[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.^[5]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 1976 in spaceflight