Kosmos 423
Introduction '''Kosmos 423''' ( meaning ''Cosmos 423''), known before launch as '''DS-P1-Yu No.47''', 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 423 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit on 27 May 1971, with the rocket lifting off at 11:59:55 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 1971-047A.Kosmos 423 was the forty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, and the thirty-ninth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.8 minutes. It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 26 November 1971.
See also * 1971 in spaceflight
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