Kosmos 496, the first uncrewed orbital test of the redesigned Soyuz 7K-T after the Soyuz 11 disaster. Soyuz 11A511 from Baikonur Site 1/5 flew a six-day autonomous check of the safer two-crew configuration and pressure-suit recovery systems.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 20th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 26 June 1972, 14:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1972-045
- Launches in 1972
- 48th of 113
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