Kosmos 662
Kosmos 662 ( meaning Cosmos 662), also known as DS-P1-I No.14 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1974 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 12:30 UTC on 26 June 1974. Kosmos 662 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.5 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 28 August 1976. Kosmos 662 was the fourteenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched. Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh. See also 1974 in spaceflight References 1974 in spaceflight Kosmos satellites Spacecraft launched in 1974 Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program