Kosmos 959
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kosmos-959-254-10174276
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Kosmos 959
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Kosmos 959 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1977 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 961, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnikov programme. It was launched aboard a Kosmos-3M carrier rocket, from Site 132/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 10:05 UTC on 21 October 1977. Kosmos 959 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 146 kilometres (91 mi
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2023-08-28T11:53:40Z
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