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Kosmos 919 (Russian: Космос 919 meaning Cosmos 919), also known as DS-P1-I No.19 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.[1]

Kosmos 919

Mission type	ABM radar target
COSPAR ID	1977-051A
SATCAT no.	10070
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-P1-I
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	400 kilograms (880 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	18 June 1977, 10:30 (1977-06-18UTC10:30Z) UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site	Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date	28 August 1978 (1978-08-29)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	269 kilometres (167 mi)
Apogee altitude	822 kilometres (511 mi)
Inclination	71 degrees
Period	95.6 minutes

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket,[2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 10:30 UTC on 18 June 1977.[3] It was the final flight of the Kosmos-2I carrier rocket, and the final flight of an R-12 family rocket. Kosmos launches continued using the R-14-derived Kosmos-3M. It also marked the last launch from Plesetsk Site 133/1 until it was rebuilt as Site 133/3 in 1985.

Kosmos 919 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 269 kilometres (167 mi), an apogee of 822 kilometres (511 mi), 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.6 minutes.[1] It decayed from orbit on 28 August 1978.[4]

Kosmos 919 was the last of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.[5]

See also

• 1977 in spaceflight

References

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