Kosmos 123
Introduction '''Kosmos 123''' ( meaning ''Cosmos 123''), also known as '''DS-P1-Yu No.5''' was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and launched in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.A Kosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 123.The launch occurred from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar, at 05:31 GMT on 8 July 1966.and following its successful arrival in orbit the spacecraft received its Kosmos designation; along with the International Designator 1966-061A and the Satellite Catalog Number 02295.Kosmos 123 separated from the carrier rocket into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , an inclination of 48.8°, and an orbital period of 92.2 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 10 December 1966.Kosmos 123 was the sixth of seventy-nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, and the fifth of seventy-two to successfully reach orbit.
See also * 1966 in spaceflight
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