Kosmos 123 (DS-P1-Yu), a Soviet radar-calibration and air-defense target satellite. Kosmos-2 from Kapustin Yar LC-86/1 placed it in LEO on 8 July 1966 as a cooperative radar calibration object for PVO-Strany air-defense radars.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 200 kg
- Flight
- 36th
- of 38 Kosmos-2I flights
- Date and time
- 8 July 1966, 05:31 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-2I
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1966-061
- Launches in 1966
- 68th of 131
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