Monday, February 28, 1994

Kosmos 496

  1972-045A


A year after the Soyuz-11 tragedy, a modified spacecraft, 11F615A8 No. 33A (A for automatic), was launched on a mission to test out changes made in the wake of the accident. It was given the cover name Kosmos-496. The six day flight seems to have been successful.


Kosmos-496 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Jun 26  1453:00  Launch by 11A511  KB  
 1458  Blok-I burn  
 1502  Blok-I sep, LEO  89.34 190 x 294 x 51.73 (TLE) 
 1700   89.65 184 x 331 x 51.72 (TLE) 
 2130   89.64 185 x 329 x 51.6 (TLE) 
1972 Jun 28    89.57 189 x 318 x 51.6 
 1730   89.20 185 x 285 x 51.74 (TLE) 
1972 Jul 2  0230   88.80 177 x 254 x 51.6 (TLE)  
 1200?  BO sep (45C?) 
 1310?  Retrofire  
 1313? DO CO 
 1326?  Modules sep 
 1331?  Entry 
 1355  Landed  

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