Kosmos 458

Kosmos 458
Mission type	ABM radar target
COSPAR ID	1971-101A
SATCAT no.	05623
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-P1-Yu
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	325 kilograms (717 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	29 November 1971, 10:09:56 UTC
Rocket	Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site	Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date	20 April 1972
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	266 kilometres (165 mi)
Apogee altitude	473 kilometres (294 mi)
Inclination	70.9 degrees
Period	91.9 minutes

Kosmos 458 (Russian: Космос 458 meaning Cosmos 458), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.53, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.^[1]

Launch

Kosmos 458 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit on 29 November 1971, with the rocket lifting off at 10:09:56 UTC.^[2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,^[3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.

Orbit

Upon reaching orbit, it was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1971-101A.^[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 05623.

Kosmos 458 was the forty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,^[1] and the forty-third of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.^[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 266 kilometres (165 mi), an apogee of 473 kilometres (294 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes.^[1]^[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 20 April 1972.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
^ "Cosmos 458". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
^ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.