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Kosmos 485
Mission typeABM radar target
COSPAR ID 1972-028A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.05938 Edit this on Wikidata
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type DS-P1-Yu
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Launch mass325 kilograms (717 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date11 April 1972, 11:04:58 (1972-04-11UTC11:04:58Z) UTC
Rocket Kosmos-2I 63SM
Launch site Plesetsk 133/1
End of mission
Decay date30 August 1972 (1972-08-31)
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee altitude262 kilometres (163 mi)
Apogee altitude444 kilometres (276 mi)
Inclination70.9 degrees
Period91.6 minutes
 

Kosmos 485 ( Russian: Космос 485 meaning Cosmos 485), known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.58, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests. [1]

Kosmos 485 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 11:04:58 UTC on 11 April 1972. [2] The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, [3] and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket. Upon reaching orbit, the satellite was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-028A. [4] The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 05938.

Kosmos 485 was the fifty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, [1] and the forty-seventh of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. [5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 262 kilometres (163 mi), an apogee of 444 kilometres (276 mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.6 minutes. [1] [6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 30 August 1972. [6]

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References

  1. ^ a b c Wade, Mark. "DS-P1-Yu". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  2. ^ Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  3. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Cosmos 485". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  5. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "DS-P1-Yu (11F618)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  6. ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 28 August 2009.