Kosmos 695

Kosmos 695 (Russian: Космос 695 meaning Cosmos 695), also known as DS-P1-Yu No.73, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1974 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]

Kosmos 695

Mission type	ABM radar target
COSPAR ID	1974-091A
SATCAT no.	07538
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-P1-Yu
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	400 kilograms (880 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	20 November 1974, 11:59:58 (1974-11-20UTC11:59:58Z) UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site	Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date	15 July 1975 (1975-07-16)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	268 kilometres (167 mi)
Apogee altitude	449 kilometres (279 mi)
Inclination	70.9 degrees
Period	91.7 minutes

A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 695 from Site 133/1 of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.[2] The launch occurred at 11:59:58 UTC on 20 November 1974, and resulted in the satellite successfully reaching low Earth orbit.[3] Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1974-091A.[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 07538.

Kosmos 695 was the seventy-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[1] and the sixty-sixth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 268 kilometres (167 mi), an apogee of 449 kilometres (279 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.7 minutes.[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 15 July 1975.[6]