Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.

Kosmos 242 (Russian: Космос 242 meaning Cosmos 242) also known as DS-P1-I No.4 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk.

COSPAR id
1968-079A

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