Launch · COSPAR 1972-036 · 17 May 1972

COSMOS 490

Name: Launch 1972-036 — COSMOS 490
Start: 1972-05-17
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 · 4

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 490 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6021	1972-036A	Decayed	LEO	201 / 272 km	65.41°	29 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	6022	1972-036B	Decayed	LEO	161 / 162 km	65.39°	23 May 1972	—

Debris Debris · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
COSMOS 490 DEB	6039	1972-036C	Decayed	LEO	181 / 198 km	65.42°	30 May 1972	—
COSMOS 490 DEB	6040	1972-036D	Decayed	LEO	142 / 154 km	65.43°	06 Jun 1972	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-036; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.