Kosmos 487
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Kosmos 487
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Kosmos 487, known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.57, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 325-kilogram (717 lb) spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests. Kosmos 487 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit at 11:59:59 UTC on 21 April 1972. The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM
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2023-08-28T14:57:38Z
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