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Kosmos 165 (Russian: Космос 165 meaning Cosmos 165) also known as DS-P1-Yu No.11 was a radar calibration target satellite which was used by the Soviet Union for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and launched in 1967 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.Kosmos 165 was launched using a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket which flew from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome.