Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Kosmos 601 (Russian: Космос 601 meaning Cosmos 601) known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.60 was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1973 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 400-kilogram (880 lb) spacecraft which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.