Kosmos 408 (DS-P1-Yu), a Soviet radar-calibration target satellite. Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Plesetsk Site 133/1 placed the craft in LEO on 24 April 1971 for air-defense radar calibration tests.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 200 kg
- Flight
- 75th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 24 April 1971, 11:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1971-037
- Launches in 1971
- 40th of 133
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