Kosmos 490 (Zenit-2M #28, Gektor #28) with co-manifested Nauka-1KS science module, a Soviet medium-resolution film-return photoreconnaissance satellite. Voskhod from Plesetsk placed the craft in LEO for short-duration optical imaging plus science experiments.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 185th
- of 299 Voskhod flights
- Date and time
- 17 May 1972, 10:19 UTC
- Rocket
- Voskhod
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1972-036
- Launches in 1972
- 38th of 113
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas