Kosmos 500 (Tselina-O #15), a Soviet military electronic-intelligence (ELINT) satellite for mapping foreign radar emitters. Kosmos-3M (11K65M) from Plesetsk Site 132/2 placed the craft in LEO on 10 July 1972.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 434 kg
- Flight
- 56th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 10 July 1972, 16:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 1972-053
- Launches in 1972
- 56th of 113
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