Thursday, December 14, 1995

Kosmos 490

  1972-036A


Kosmos-490 was launched in May 1972 from Plesetsk. The 28th Zenit-2M (Gektor) flight lasted 12 days and carried a Nauka capsule with experiments to study the flow of cosmic ray electrons.


Kosmos-490 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 May 17  1019:59  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1024  Blok-I burn  
 1028  Blok-I sep  
 1434   89.40 205 x 284 x 65.4 
 1900   89.39 205 x 285 x 65.42 (RAE) 
1972 May 26  2024   89.25 201 x 273 x 65.4 
1972 May 27  0605Nauka capsule sep 
 1116   89.03 200 x 252 x 65.4 
1972 May 28  1403   89.23 200 x 271 x 65.4 
1972 May 29  0320? Retrofire 
 0330? PO sep 
 0336? Entry 
 0352? Landed  

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