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Kosmos 265 (Russian: Космос 265 meaning Cosmos 265) known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.21 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 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It had a mass of 325 kg (717 lb).Kosmos 265 was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133/1 atop a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.