Kosmos 467
Introduction '''Kosmos 467''' ( meaning ''Cosmos 467''), known before launch as '''DS-P1-Yu No.45''', was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a  spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.
Launch Kosmos 467 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit on 17 December 1971, with the rocket lifting off at 10:39:58 UTC. The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.
Orbit Upon reaching orbit, it was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1971-113A. The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 05704.Kosmos 467 was the forty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, and the forty-fourth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.7 minutes. It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 18 April 1972.
See also * 1971 in spaceflight
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