Launch · COSPAR 1972-017 · 22 Mar 1972

COSMOS 479

Name: Launch 1972-017 — COSMOS 479
Start: 1972-03-22
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 · 5

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 479 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	5894	1972-017A	Decayed	LEO	173 / 183 km	74.01°	13 Apr 1980	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 R/B	5895	1972-017B	Decayed	LEO	174 / 186 km	74.04°	12 May 1980	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 DEB	5901	1972-017C	Decayed	LEO	294 / 302 km	74.07°	26 Nov 1972	—
SL-8 DEB	5902	1972-017D	Decayed	LEO	347 / 353 km	74.03°	01 Nov 1972	—
SL-8 DEB	5911	1972-017E	Decayed	LEO	286 / 296 km	74.11°	05 Nov 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-017; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.