Kosmos 36
Introduction '''Kosmos 36''' ( meaning ''Cosmos 36''), also known as '''DS-P1-Yu #1''' was a satellite which was used for use in calibrating the Dnestr space surveillance and as a radar calibration target, for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1964 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau.Kosmos 36 was launched using a Kosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket, which flew from Mayak-2 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 03:36 GMT on 30 July 1964.After separating from its carrier rocket, Kosmos 36 was in a low Earth orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 49.0° of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 28 February 1965.Kosmos 36 was the first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, of which all but seven were successful. The next launch of a DS-P1-Yu satellite, the DS-P1-Yu #2 will be on 12 February 1965, failed due to a second stage malfunction.
See also * 1964 in spaceflight
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