Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1972-004A |
SATCAT no. | 05804 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 250 kilograms (550 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 January 1972, 11:15:01 | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 18 August 1972 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 195 kilometres (121 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 1,417 kilometres (880 mi) |
Inclination | 81.9 degrees |
Period | 101 minutes |
Kosmos 472 ( Russian: Космос 472 meaning Cosmos 472), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.52, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 250-kilogram (550 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests. [1]
Kosmos 472 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit on 25 January 1972, with the rocket lifting off at 11:15:01 UTC. [2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, [3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.
Upon reaching orbit, it was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-004A. [4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 05804.
Kosmos 472 was the fiftieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [1] and the forty-fifth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. [5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 195 kilometres (121 mi), an apogee of 1,417 kilometres (880 mi), 81.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 101 minutes. [1] [6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 18 August 1972. [6]
Mission type | ABM radar target |
---|---|
COSPAR ID | 1972-004A |
SATCAT no. | 05804 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 250 kilograms (550 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 January 1972, 11:15:01 | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 18 August 1972 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 195 kilometres (121 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 1,417 kilometres (880 mi) |
Inclination | 81.9 degrees |
Period | 101 minutes |
Kosmos 472 ( Russian: Космос 472 meaning Cosmos 472), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.52, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 250-kilogram (550 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests. [1]
Kosmos 472 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit on 25 January 1972, with the rocket lifting off at 11:15:01 UTC. [2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, [3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.
Upon reaching orbit, it was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-004A. [4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 05804.
Kosmos 472 was the fiftieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [1] and the forty-fifth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. [5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 195 kilometres (121 mi), an apogee of 1,417 kilometres (880 mi), 81.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 101 minutes. [1] [6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 18 August 1972. [6]