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Kosmos 211 (Russian: Космос 211 meaning Cosmos 211) also known as DS-P1-Yu No.13 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It had a mass of 250 kilograms (550 lb).A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket was used to launch Kosmos 211 from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome.