Launch · COSPAR 1972-033 · 21 Apr 1972

COSMOS 487

Name: Launch 1972-033 — COSMOS 487
Start: 1972-04-21
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 · 3

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 487 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6006	1972-033A	Decayed	LEO	163 / 179 km	70.94°	24 Sept 1972	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-7 R/B	6007	1972-033B	Decayed	LEO	147 / 148 km	70.90°	03 Jul 1972	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 487 DEB	6013	1972-033C	Decayed	OTHER	—	—	29 Apr 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-033; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.