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Manufacturer's Designation: I2M. Class: Military. Type: ASAT Target. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: KBYu. ASAT Target, launched by R-36. Evidently a derivative of the first I2P ASAT itself. Replaced by the cheaper, lighter ASAT target designed by Yangel for launch by Kosmos launch vehicles.
SpecificationTotal Mass: 1,400 kg.
I2M Chronology
24 April 1968
Cosmos 217 Program: ASAT. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon. Mass: 1,400 kg. Perigee: 140 km. Apogee: 179 km. Inclination: 62.3 deg. Unsuccessful launch of ASAT target. Satellite did not separate from last rocket stage. Planned launch of interceptor cancelled.
19 October 1968
Cosmos 248 Program: ASAT. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon. Mass: 650 kg. Perigee: 475 km. Apogee: 543 km. Inclination: 62.3 deg. ASAT target. Intercepted repeatedly by Cosmos 249 on 20 October; destroyed by Cosmos 252 on 1 November.
Bibliography:- 102 - Voevodin, Sergey A, VSA072 - Space Apparatus, "Sergey A. Voevodin's Reports", . HTML when accessed: http://www.mcs.net/~rusaerog/sergeyv/VSA.html
- 272 - Zheleznyakov, Aleksandr, Istoriya Rossiyskoi Sovetskoi Kosmonavtiki, "Istrebitel Sputnikov", Aleksandr Krasnikov Web Page, 1998. HTML when accessed: http://www.aha.ru/~kai/spaceflt/projects/istr.html
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