Kosmos 334 (Russian: Космос 334 meaning Cosmos 334), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.31, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.^[1]

Launch[edit]

Kosmos 334 was launched from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,^[2] atop a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket. The launch occurred on 23 April 1970 at 13:20:00 UTC, and resulted in the successful deployment of Kosmos 334 into low Earth orbit.^[3] Upon reaching orbit, it was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1970-033A.^[4]

Orbit[edit]

Kosmos 334 was the thirty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,^[1] and the twenty-ninth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.^[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 259 kilometres (161 mi), an apogee of 430 kilometres (270 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.4 minutes.^[1]^[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 9 August 1970.^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

^ "Cosmos 334". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

^ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

^ ^a ^b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 14 August 2009.

Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme

DS-1

DS-2

Kosmos 1

DS-A1

Kosmos 11

Kosmos 17

Kosmos 53

Kosmos 70

DS-K

Kosmos 8

K-40 #1

K-40 #2

DS-MG

Kosmos 26

Kosmos 49

DS-MT

Kosmos 31

Kosmos 51

DS-MO

Kosmos 149

Kosmos 320

DS-P1

Test

Kosmos 6

Kosmos 19

Kosmos 25

P1-I

Kosmos 106

P1-M

P1-Yu

Kosmos 36

#23

#36

#39

#33

#51

#68

DS-U1

Kosmos 108

DS-U2

Kosmos 93

DS-U3

Kosmos 166

Kosmos 14

Kosmos 23

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Orbital launches in 1970

1971 →

Kosmos 318

DS-P1-I No.6

E-8-5 No.405

DS-P1-Yu No.36

STV-3

Unnamed

Zenit-4 No.75

Orba

X-2

MS-F1

OFO

OAO-B

DS-P1-M No.1

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