Cosmos 496
Encyclopedia
Kosmos 496 was an unmanned test of the redesigned Soyuz
ferry. It did not dock with any space station. After the Soyuz 11
disaster the third seat was removed because the space was need for the two crewmen in space suits and their equipment. Kosmos 496 retained its solar arrays.
Soyuz spacecraft
Soyuz , Union) is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today...
ferry. It did not dock with any space station. After the Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11
Soyuz 11 was the first manned mission to arrive at the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The mission arrived at the space station on June 7, 1971 and departed on June 30, 1971. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurized during preparations for re-entry, killing the...
disaster the third seat was removed because the space was need for the two crewmen in space suits and their equipment. Kosmos 496 retained its solar arrays.
Mission parameters
- Spacecraft: Soyuz-7K-T
- Mass: 6800 kg
- Crew: None
- Launched: June 26, 1972
- Landed: July 2, 1972