Kosmos 497 (DS-P1-I #13), a Soviet radar-calibration target satellite complementary to the DS-P1-Yu series for space-surveillance and early-warning practice. Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Plesetsk Site 133/1 placed the ~195 kg craft in LEO on 30 June 1972.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 200 kg
- Flight
- 92nd
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 30 June 1972, 09:19 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Target
- International designator
- 1972-048
- Launches in 1972
- 51st of 113
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas