Launch · COSPAR 1972-015 · 15 Mar 1972

COSMOS 478

Name: Launch 1972-015 — COSMOS 478
Start: 1972-03-15
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

100% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 6

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 478 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	5885	1972-015A	Decayed	LEO	179 / 331 km	65.40°	28 Mar 1972	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	5886	1972-015B	Decayed	LEO	165 / 177 km	65.38°	21 Mar 1972	—

Debris Debris · 4

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	5887	1972-015C	Decayed	LEO	204 / 294 km	65.39°	17 Mar 1972	—
COSMOS 478 DEB	5909	1972-015D	Decayed	LEO	168 / 250 km	65.37°	28 Mar 1972	—
COSMOS 478 DEB	5910	1972-015E	Decayed	LEO	167 / 215 km	65.42°	30 Mar 1972	—
COSMOS 478 DEB	5915	1972-015F	Decayed	LEO	177 / 213 km	65.40°	30 Mar 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-015; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.