Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Gamma ray bursts? This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1971-105; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 2 December 1971, 17:30:01 UTC
- Launch location
- 53-y Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Ispitatelniy Poligon,
- Launch vehicle
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 14 December 1972
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 461
Gamma ray bursts?
- GCAT ID
- S05643
- Manufacturer
- KB Yuzhnoe im. M K Yangel
- Launch mass
- 330 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1.3 m diameter · 3.2 m span
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