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Status

Success

Cosmos 485

Launch Time
Tue Apr 11, 1972 11:04 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-2 (63SM)
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 636 kN
Payload to LEO: 400 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.59 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.65 m
Fairing Height: 2.99 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 485

Cosmos 485 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: 325.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1972

29th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

88th mission
3rd mission of 1972
82nd successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission