Status
Success
Cosmos 472
Launch Time
Tue Jan 25, 1972 11:15 UTC
Tue Jan 25, 1972 11:15 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 472
Cosmos 472 is a satellite of the DS-P1 constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1972
4th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
86th mission
1st mission of 1972
80th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission