Status
Success
Cosmos 485
Launch Time
Tue Apr 11, 1972 11:04 UTC
Tue Apr 11, 1972 11:04 UTC
Rocket
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