Launch · COSPAR 1972-043 · 23 Jun 1972

COSMOS 494

Name: Launch 1972-043 — COSMOS 494
Start: 1972-06-23
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

40% 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 494 Kosmos (Russian military / government)	6059	1972-043A	Unknown	LEO	763 / 777 km	74.05°	on orbit	Russian Ministry of Defence

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 R/B	6061	1972-043B	Inactive	LEO	738 / 764 km	74.05°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-8 DEB	6063	1972-043C	Decayed	LEO	202 / 215 km	73.98°	13 Mar 2025	—
SL-8 DEB	6065	1972-043D	Inactive	LEO	548 / 559 km	74.06°	on orbit	—
SL-8 DEB	6162	1972-043E	Decayed	LEO	281 / 302 km	73.97°	23 Mar 1982	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1972-043; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.