Kosmos 497

Kosmos 497 ( Russian : Космос 497 meaning Cosmos 497 ), also known as DS-P1-I No.12 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. ^[1]

It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket, ^[2] from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk . The launch occurred at 09:19:49 UTC on 30 June 1972. ^[3]

Kosmos 497 was placed into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 271 kilometres (168 mi), an apogee of 787 kilometres (489 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination , and an orbital period of 95.2 minutes. ^[1] It decayed from orbit on 7 November 1973. ^[4]

Kosmos 497 was the twelfth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites to be launched. ^[1] Of these, all reached orbit successfully except the seventh . ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-I" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009 . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ McDowell, Jonathan . "Launch Log" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012 . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog" . Jonathan's Space Page . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .
^ Wade, Mark. "DS" . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009 . Retrieved 28 May 2009 .

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