Kosmos 308

Kosmos 308, also known as DS-P1-I No.7 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.

Launch

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 11:59:59 UTC on 4 November 1969.
Kosmos 308 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of, an apogee of, 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.3 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 4 January 1970.
Kosmos 308 was the sixth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched. Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.