Kosmos 553 (Russian: Космос 553 meaning Cosmos 553), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.55, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 400-kilogram (880 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.[1]
Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1973-020A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 06427![]() |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 400 kilograms (880 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 April 1973, 11:49:55 (1973-04-12UTC11:49:55Z) UTC |
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 11 November 1973 (1973-11-12) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 264 kilometres (164 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 470 kilometres (290 mi) |
Inclination | 70.9 degrees |
Period | 91.9 minutes |
Kosmos 553 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 11:49:55 UTC on 12 April 1973.[2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,[3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.
Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1973-020A.[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 06427.
Kosmos 553 was the sixty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[1] and the fifty-fifth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 264 kilometres (164 mi), an apogee of 470 kilometres (290 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes.[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 11 November 1973.[6]
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Luna 21 (Lunokhod 2) | Kosmos 543 | Kosmos 544 | Kosmos 545 | Kosmos 546 | Kosmos 547 | Molniya-1 No.31 | Kosmos 548 | Prognoz 3 | Kosmos 549 | Kosmos 550 | Kosmos 551 | OPS 6063 | OPS 8410 | Meteor-M No.29 | Kosmos 552 · Nauka-16KS No.2L | Salyut 2 | Molniya-2-5 | Pioneer 11 | Kosmos 553 | Kosmos 554 | Interkosmos 9 | Anik A2 | Unnamed | Kosmos 555 · Nauka-14KS No.2 | Kosmos 556 | Kosmos 557 | Skylab | OPS 2093 | Kosmos 558 | Kosmos 559 | Unnamed | Kosmos 560 | Unnamed | Skylab 2 | Kosmos 561 · Nauka-9KS No.1 | Meteor-M No.27 | Kosmos 562 | Kosmos 563 | Kosmos 564 · Kosmos 565 · Kosmos 566 · Kosmos 567 · Kosmos 568 · Kosmos 569 · Kosmos 570 · Kosmos 571 | Kosmos 572 | Explorer 49 | OPS 6157 | Kosmos 573 | Kosmos 574 | Kosmos 575 | OPS 4018 | Kosmos 576 | Unnamed | Molniya-2-6 | OPS 8261 | ITOS-E | Mars 4 | Kosmos 577 | Mars 5 | Skylab 3 | Kosmos 578 | Mars 6 | Mars 7 | OPS 8364 | Kosmos 579 | OPS 7724 | Kosmos 580 | Intelsat IV F-7 | Kosmos 581 | Kosmos 582 | Molniya-1-24 | Kosmos 583 | Kosmos 584 | Kosmos 585 | Kosmos 586 | Unnamed | Kosmos 587 | Soyuz 12 | OPS 6275 | Kosmos 588 · Kosmos 589 · Kosmos 590 · Kosmos 591 · Kosmos 592 · Kosmos 593 · Kosmos 594 · Kosmos 595 | Kosmos 596 | Kosmos 597 | Kosmos 598 | Kosmos 599 | Kosmos 600 | Kosmos 601 | Molniya-2-7 | Kosmos 602 | Explorer 50 | Kosmos 603 | Kosmos 604 | Transit-O 20 | Interkosmos 10 | Kosmos 605 | Kosmos 606 | Mariner 10 | NOAA-3 | Kosmos 607 | OPS 6630 · OPS 6630/2 · OPS 7705 | Molniya-1 No.32 | Skylab 4 | Kosmos 608 | Kosmos 609 | Kosmos 610 | Kosmos 611 | Kosmos 612 | Kosmos 613 | Molniya-1-26 | Kosmos 614 | Kosmos 615 | OPS 9433 · OPS 9434 | Explorer 51 | Kosmos 616 | Soyuz 13 | Kosmos 617 · Kosmos 618 · Kosmos 619 · Kosmos 620 · Kosmos 621 · Kosmos 622 · Kosmos 623 · Kosmos 624 | Kosmos 625 | Molniya-2-8 | Oreol 2 | Kosmos 626 | Kosmos 627 | |
Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets). |