Kosmos 106

Kosmos 106

Mission type	ABM Radar target
COSPAR ID	1966-004A
SATCAT no.	1949
Mission duration	9 months and 20 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	DS-P1-I
Manufacturer	Yuzhnoye
Launch mass	325 kg[1]
Start of mission
Launch date	25 January 1966, 12:28:00 GMT
Rocket	Kosmos-2M 63S1M
Launch site	Kapustin Yar 86/1
Contractor	Yuzhnoye
End of mission
Decay date	14 November 1966
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	281 km
Apogee altitude	553 km
Inclination	48.4°
Period	92.8 minutes
Epoch	25 January 1966
Kosmos (satellites) ← Kosmos 105 Kosmos 107 →

Kosmos 106 (Russian: Космос 106 meaning Cosmos 106), also known as DS-P1-I No.1 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1966 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme and had a mass of 325 kilograms (717 lb).

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2M 63S1M rocket,^[3] from Site 86/1 at Kapustin Yar.^[4] The launch occurred at 12:28 GMT on 25 January 1966.^[5] It was the only DS-P1-I satellite to be launched on the short-lived Kosmos-2M before launches switched to the Kosmos-2I 63SM variant.

Kosmos 106 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 281 kilometres (175 mi), an apogee of 553 kilometres (344 mi), an inclination of 48.4°, and an orbital period of 92.8 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 14 November 1966.^[6]

Kosmos 106 was the first of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched.^[7] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the DS-P1-I No.6 (seventh), on 30 January 1970.^[8]

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