Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Kosmos 801 (Russian: Космос 801 meaning Cosmos 801) also known as DS-P1-I No.16 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1976 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk.