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Cosmos 496
Cosmos 496 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-TX program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Cosmos 496 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-TX program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1972-045; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 26 June 1972, 14:53:00 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz 11A511
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 2 July 1972
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Cosmos 496
GCAT program: 7K-TX.
- GCAT ID
- S06066
- Manufacturer
- Tsentral'niy KB Ekspermental'novo Mashinostroeniya
- Launch mass
- 2,850 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.2 m long · 2.2 m diameter · 7.2 m span
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Gallery
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