Kosmos 1375 (russian: Космос 1375 meaning ''Cosmos 1375'') was a target
satellite which was used by the
Soviet Union in the 1980s for tests of
anti-satellite weapons as part of the "anti-satellite weapon"
Istrebitel Sputnikov program.
It was a product of the
Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik satellite development program.
It was launched at 17:10 UTC on 6 June 1982,
using a
Kosmos-3M carrier rocket,
flying from
Site 132/2 at the
Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northwest
Russia. This was the final launch of a Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program satellite, a program that dated back to the early 1960's.
Kosmos 1375 was placed into a
low Earth orbit with a
perigee of , an
apogee of , 65.8 degrees of
inclination, and an
orbital period of 105 minutes.
On 18 June 1982, it was successfully intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 1379 in the final Soviet anti-satellite weapons test to be conducted. As of 2022, debris is still in orbit.
Kosmos 1375 was the last of ten
Lira
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satellites to be launched,
of which all but the
first were successful. Lira was derived from the earlier
DS-P1-M satellite, which it replaced.
See also
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1982 in spaceflight
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Spacecraft launched in 1982
Intentionally destroyed artificial satellites
1982 in the Soviet Union
Kosmos satellites
Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik program
Spacecraft that broke apart in space
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