Kosmos 173 (DS-P1-Yu No.9), a Soviet radar-calibration target satellite used for space-surveillance and early-warning radar practice. Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Plesetsk Site 133/1 placed it in LEO on 24 August 1967.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 200 kg
- Flight
- 16th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 24 August 1967, 04:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1967-081
- Launches in 1967
- 89th of 139
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