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Cosmos 479
Cosmos 479 was launched on March 22, 1972 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 13, 1980).
COSPAR 1972-017ANORAD 5894Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-479
- Common name
- Cosmos 479
- Payload designation
- Tselina-OM No. 11L
- Other names
- 11F616M No. 450-27-2-61:RA
- International designator
- 1972-017A
- NORAD catalog number
- 5894
- GCAT identifier
- S05894
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.251
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- Tselina-OM
- Owner
- GRU
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Southern State Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Tselina-OM
Launch
- Date
- March 22, 1972 · 20:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1972-017Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 512 km
- Apogee
- 538 km
- Inclination
- 74.05°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 13, 1980
- Last known active
- 1973
- End of operations
- 1973
Size
- Mass
- 434 kg
- Dry mass
- 434 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 1.20 m
- Span
- 5.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12753866 (CC0).