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Kosmos 285 (Russian: Космос 285 meaning Cosmos 285) known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.24 was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was a 250-kilogram (550 lb) spacecraft which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.Kosmos 285 was launched from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome atop a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.