Kosmos 327 ( meaning Cosmos 327), also known as DS-P1-I No.8 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme.
Launch It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk. The launch occurred at 14:39:56 UTC on 18 March 1970.
Orbit Kosmos 327 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 95.7 minutes. It decayed from orbit on 19 January 1971.
Kosmos 327 was the eighth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched. Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh.
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