Kosmos 498 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kosmos 498 was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (720 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests. Kosmos 498 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 09:29:58 GMT on 5 July 1972. The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.