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COSMOS 478

NORAD 5885 · Payload · Reentered 1972-03-28

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Launched
1972-03-15 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
CIS (Russia / CIS)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
2,200 kg
Size
6 × 2.2 m
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
179 × 331 km
Inclination
65.4°
Period
89.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0115
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.