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Kosmos 245 (Russian: Космос 245 meaning Cosmos 245) known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.16 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 325 kilograms (717 lb).Kosmos 245 was launched from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome atop a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.