Kosmos 498
Mission type | ABM radar target |
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COSPAR ID | 1972-050A |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | DS-P1-Yu |
Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
Launch mass | 325 kilograms (717 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 July 1972, 09:29:58 UTC |
Rocket | Kosmos-2I 63SM |
Launch site | Plesetsk 133/1 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 25 November 1972 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee | 266 kilometres (165 mi) |
Apogee | 461 kilometres (286 mi) |
Inclination | 70.9 degrees |
Period | 91.8 minutes |
Kosmos 498 (Russian: Космос 498 meaning Cosmos 498), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.56, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 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 498 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 09:29:58 UTC on 5 July 1972.[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, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-050A.[4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 06086.
Kosmos 498 was the fifty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[1] and the forty-ninth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 266 kilometres (165 mi), an apogee of 461 kilometres (286 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.8 minutes.[6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 25 November 1972.[6]
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References
- 1 2 Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ↑ "Cosmos 498". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.