Cosmos 496

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Mission dates
Mission: Cosmos 496
COSPAR-ID : 1972-045A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T ( GRAY index  11F615A8)
serial number 33A
Dimensions: 6570 kg
Launcher: Soyuz (GRAY index 11A511)
Crew: no
Begin: June 26, 1972, 14:53  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Landing: July 2, 1972, 13:54 UTC
Rotation time : 89.6 min
Orbit inclination : 51.6 °
Apogee : 342 km
Perigee : 195 km
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz 11
(manned) 		Kosmos 573
(unmanned)
Next manned mission:
Soyuz 12

Kosmos 496 is the code name for an unmanned flight of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz , which carried out tests in orbit in the summer of 1972. It was customary in the Soviet Union to give official names only to successful missions. Failed flights were mostly not announced at all and test flights were only announced under the general cover name Kosmos.

The flight

The launch took place on June 26, 1972 at 14:53 UTC from the Soviet spaceport Baikonur on board a Soyuz rocket . All the systems that were improved after the Soyuz 11 disaster were tested in space. The landing took place on July 2, 1972 at 13:54 UTC.

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