Kosmos 324 ( meaning Cosmos 324), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.32, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.
Launch Kosmos 324 was launched from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, atop a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket. The launch occurred on 27 February 1970 at 17:24:55 UTC, and resulted in the successful deployment of Kosmos 324 into low Earth orbit. Upon reaching orbit, it was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1970-014A.
Orbit Kosmos 324 was the thirtieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, and the twenty-eighth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 71 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91 minutes. It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 23 May 1970.
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