Status
Success
Cosmos 497
Launch Time
Fri Jun 30, 1972 09:19 UTC
Fri Jun 30, 1972 09:19 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 497
Cosmos 497 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: 300.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1972
51st orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
92nd mission
7th mission of 1972
85th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission