Status
Success
Cosmos 487
Launch Time
Fri Apr 21, 1972 11:59 UTC
Fri Apr 21, 1972 11:59 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 487
Cosmos 487 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
34th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
89th mission
4th mission of 1972
83rd successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission