Kosmos 148

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Kosmos 148 ( meaning Cosmos 148), also known as DS-P1-I No.2 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and had a mass of 325 kg. It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 17:30 GMT on 16 March 1967. This was the first DS-P1-I launch to use the Kosmos-2I 63SM, which replaced the earlier 63S1 model. It was also the first launch from Site 133 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Kosmos 148 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 270 km, an apogee of 404 km, an inclination of 71.0°, and an orbital period of 91.3 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 7 May 1967. Kosmos 148 was the second of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched. Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the DS-P1-I No.6 (seventh, launched out of sequence).

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