Launch · COSPAR 1972-034 · 05 May 1972

COSMOS 488

Name: Launch 1972-034 — COSMOS 488
Start: 1972-05-05
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 · 8

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 488 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6016	1972-034A	Decayed	LEO	179 / 342 km	65.41°	18 May 1972	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 R/B	6017	1972-034B	Decayed	LEO	158 / 158 km	65.39°	11 May 1972	—

Debris Debris · 6

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-4 DEB	6018	1972-034C	Decayed	LEO	137 / 298 km	65.27°	07 May 1972	—
COSMOS 488 DEB	6023	1972-034D	Decayed	LEO	157 / 312 km	65.45°	20 May 1972	—
COSMOS 488 DEB	6024	1972-034E	Decayed	LEO	147 / 181 km	65.39°	23 May 1972	—
COSMOS 488 DEB	6025	1972-034F	Decayed	LEO	168 / 257 km	65.39°	20 May 1972	—
COSMOS 488 DEB	6026	1972-034G	Decayed	LEO	164 / 248 km	65.37°	20 May 1972	—
COSMOS 488 DEB	6027	1972-034H	Decayed	LEO	158 / 291 km	65.41°	19 May 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-034; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.