Status
Success
Cosmos 498
Launch Time
Wed Jul 05, 1972 09:29 UTC
Wed Jul 05, 1972 09:29 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 498
Cosmos 498 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
53rd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
93rd mission
8th mission of 1972
86th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission