Kosmos 461 (DS-U2-MT #1), a Soviet scientific satellite for micrometeoroid impact counts and gamma-ray astronomy, including diffuse background measurements. Kosmos-3M (11K65M) from Plesetsk Site 132/1 placed the craft in LEO on 2 December 1971.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 330 kg
- Flight
- 47th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 2 December 1971, 17:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1971-105
- Launches in 1971
- 115th of 133
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