| Mission type | ABM radar target |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1964-042A |
| SATCAT no. | 00844 |
| Mission duration | 213 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
| Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
| Launch mass | 325 kg[1] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 30 July 1964, 03:36:00 GMT |
| Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63S1 |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar, Mayak-2 |
| Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
| End of mission | |
| Decay date | 28 February 1965 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 261 km |
| Apogee altitude | 477 km |
| Inclination | 49.0° |
| Period | 91.9 minutes |
| Epoch | 30 July 1964 |
Kosmos 36 (Russian: Космос 36 meaning Cosmos 36), also known as DS-P1-Yu #1 was a satellite which was used for use in calibrating the Dnestr space surveillance and as a radar calibration target, for tests of anti-ballistic missiles.[3] It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1964 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau.
Kosmos 36 was launched using a Kosmos-2I 63S1 carrier rocket,[4] which flew from Mayak-2 at Kapustin Yar. The launch occurred at 03:36 GMT on 30 July 1964.[5]
After separating from its carrier rocket, Kosmos 36 was in a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 261 kilometres (162 mi), an apogee of 477 kilometres (296 mi), 49.0° of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.9 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 28 February 1965.[6] Kosmos 36 was the first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[7] of which all but seven were successful. The next launch of a DS-P1-Yu satellite, the DS-P1-Yu #2 will be on 12 February 1965, failed due to a second stage malfunction.
