The designation Kosmos is a generic name given to a large number of Soviet

Soviet Union

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, and subsequently Russia

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n, satellite

Satellite

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s, the first

Kosmos 1

Kosmos 1 , also known as DS-2 #1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 11 was a technology demonstration and ionospheric research satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the first satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the first spacecraft launched as part of the...

 of which was launched in 1962. Satellites given Kosmos designations include military spacecraft, failed probes to the Moon and the planets, prototypes for manned spacecraft, and scientific spacecraft. This is a list of satellites with Kosmos designations between 251 and 500.

Designation	Type	Launch date (GMT)	Carrier rocket	Function	Decay/Destruction*	Remarks
Kosmos 251	Zenit-4M	31 October 1968 09:14	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 November 1968
Kosmos 252	IS-A Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design, is-a or is_a or is a is a relationship where one class D is a subclass of another class B ....	1 November 1968 00:27	Tsyklon-2A 11K67	ASAT test	1 November 1968*	Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 248
Kosmos 253	Zenit-2	13 November 1968 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 November 1968
Kosmos 254	Zenit-4	21 November 1968 12:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 November 1968
Kosmos 255	Zenit-2	29 November 1968 12:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	7 December 1968
Kosmos 256	Sfera SFera SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....	30 November 1968 12:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Geodesy Geodesy Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...	in orbit
Kosmos 257 Kosmos 257 Kosmos 257 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #17, was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It had a mass of .Kosmos 257...	DS-P1-Yu	3 December 1968 14:52	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	5 March 1969	DS-P1-Yu #17, seventeenth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 258	Zenit-2	10 December 1968 08:25	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 December 1968
Kosmos 259 Kosmos 259 Kosmos 259 , also known as DS-U2-I #3, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the effects on radio waves of passing through the ionosphere.A...	DS-U2-I	14 December 1968 05:09	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Ionospheric	5 May 1969	DS-U2-I #3, third of three DS-U2-I satellites
Kosmos 260	Molniya-1Yu	16 December 1968 09:15	Molniya-M Molniya-M The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...  8K78M	Communication	9 July 1973
Kosmos 261 Kosmos 261 Kosmos 261 , also known as DS-U2-GK #1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-U2-GK	19 December 1968 23:55	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Aeronomy, Auroral	12 February 1969	DS-U2-GK #1, first of two DS-U2-GK satellites
Kosmos 262 Kosmos 262 Kosmos 262 , also known as DS-U2-GF #1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1968 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the Sun....	DS-U2-GF	26 December 1968 09:45	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Solar	18 July 1969	DS-U2-GF #1, only DS-U2-GF satellite
Kosmos 263	Zenit-2	12 January 1969 12:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	20 January 1969
Kosmos 264	Zenit-4M	23 January 1969 09:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 February 1969
Kosmos 265 Kosmos 265 Kosmos 265 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #21, was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles. It was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	7 February 1969 13:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	1 May 1969	DS-P1-Yu #21, eighteenth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 266	Zenit-2	25 February 1969 10:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 March 1969
Kosmos 267	Zenit-4	26 February 1969 08:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 March 1969
Kosmos 268 Kosmos 268 Kosmos 268 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #18, was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles...	DS-P1-Yu	5 March 1969 13:04	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	9 May 1970	DS-P1-Yu #18, nineteenth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 269	Tselina-O	5 March 1969 17:25	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	21 October 1978
Kosmos 270	Zenit-4	6 March 1969 12:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	14 March 1969
Kosmos 271	Zenit-4	15 March 1969 12:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 March 1969
Kosmos 272	Sfera SFera SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....	17 March 1969 16:40	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Geodesy Geodesy Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...	in orbit
Kosmos 273	Zenit-2	22 March 1969 12:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	30 March 1969
Kosmos 274	Zenit-4	24 March 1969 10:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	1 April 1969
Kosmos 275 Kosmos 275 Kosmos 275 , also known as DS-P1-I #5 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	28 March 1969 16:00	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	7 February 1970	DS-P1-I #5, fifth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 276	Zenit-4	4 April 1969 10:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	11 April 1969
Kosmos 277 Kosmos 277 Kosmos 277 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #20, was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles...	DS-P1-Yu	4 April 1969 13:00	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	6 July 1969	DS-P1-Yu #20, twentieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 278	Zenit-2	9 April 1969 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	17 April 1969
Kosmos 279	Zenit-4	15 April 1969 08:14	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 April 1969
Kosmos 280	Zenit-4M	23 April 1969 09:55	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 May 1969
Kosmos 281	Zenit-2	13 May 1969 09:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	21 May 1969
Kosmos 282	Zenit-4	20 May 1969 08:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	28 May 1969
Kosmos 283 Kosmos 283 Kosmos 283 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #19, was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles...	DS-P1-Yu	27 May 1969 12:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	10 December 1969	DS-P1-Yu #19, twenty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 284	Zenit-4	29 May 1969 06:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 June 1969
Kosmos 285 Kosmos 285 Kosmos 285 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #24, was a Soviet satellite which was used as a radar calibration target for tests of anti-ballistic missiles...	DS-P1-Yu	3 June 1969 12:57	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	7 October 1969	DS-P1-Yu #24, twenty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 286	Zenit-4	15 June 1969 08:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 June 1969
Kosmos 287	Zenit-2	24 June 1969 06:50	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 July 1969
Kosmos 288	Zenit-4	27 June 1969 06:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 July 1969
Kosmos 289	Zenit-4	10 July 1969 09:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 July 1969
Kosmos 290	Zenit-2	22 July 1969 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	30 July 1969
Kosmos 291	IS-M	6 August 1969 05:40	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	ASAT target	8 September 1969	Spacecraft propulsion system failed, interceptor not launched.
Kosmos 292	Tsiklon	13 August 1969 22:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 293	Zenit-2M	16 August 1969 11:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	28 August 1969
Kosmos 294	Zenit-4	19 August 1969 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	27 August 1969
Kosmos 295 Kosmos 295 Kosmos 295 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #29, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	22 August 1969 14:14	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	1 December 1969	DS-P1-Yu #29, twenty-fourth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 296	Zenit-4	29 August 1969 09:05	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 September 1969
Kosmos 297	Zenit-4	2 September 1969 11:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	10 September 1969
Kosmos 298	OGCh	15 September 1969 16:05	R-36O 8K69	FOBS	15 September 1969
Kosmos 299	Zenit-4	18 September 1969 08:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	22 September 1969
Kosmos 300	E-8-5	23 September 1969 14:07	Proton-K Proton-K The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan... /D Block D Blok D is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and Zenit. There were plans to use it for some other rockets as well ....  8K82K	Lunar Moon The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...  sample return	27 September 1969
Kosmos 301	Zenit-2	24 September 1969 12:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 October 1969
Kosmos 302	Zenit-4	17 October 1969 11:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 October 1969
Kosmos 303 Kosmos 303 Kosmos 303 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #28, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	18 October 1969 10:00	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	23 January 1970	DS-P1-Yu #28, twenty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 304	Tsiklon	21 October 1969 12:49	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 305	E-8-5	22 October 1969 14:09	Proton-K Proton-K The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan... /D Block D Blok D is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and Zenit. There were plans to use it for some other rockets as well ....  8K82K	Lunar Moon The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...  sample return	24 October 1969
Kosmos 306	Zenit-2M	24 October 1969 09:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 November 1969
Kosmos 307 Kosmos 307 Kosmos 307 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #22, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	24 October 1969 13:01	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	30 December 1970	DS-P1-Yu #22, twenty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 308 Kosmos 308 Kosmos 308 , also known as DS-P1-I #7 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	4 November 1969 11:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	4 January 1970	DS-P1-I #7, sixth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 309	Zenit-2	12 November 1969 11:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	20 November 1969
Kosmos 310	Zenit-4	15 November 1969 08:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 November 1969
Kosmos 311 Kosmos 311 Kosmos 311 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #27, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	24 November 1969 11:00	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	10 March 1970	DS-P1-Yu #27, twenty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 312	Sfera SFera SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....	24 November 1969 16:49	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Geodesy Geodesy Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...	in orbit
Kosmos 313	Zenit-2M	3 December 1969 13:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 December 1969
Kosmos 314 Kosmos 314 Kosmos 314 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #30, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	11 December 1969 12:58	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	22 March 1970	DS-P1-Yu #30, twenty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 315	Tselina-O	20 December 1969 03:26	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	25 March 1979
Kosmos 316	IS-A Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design, is-a or is_a or is a is a relationship where one class D is a subclass of another class B ....	23 December 1969 09:25	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	Boilerplate ASAT	28 August 1970	Debris recovered in the United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Kosmos 317	Zenit-4MK	23 December 1969 13:50	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 January 1970
Kosmos 318	Zenit-2M	9 January 1970 09:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	21 January 1970
Kosmos 319 Kosmos 319 Kosmos 319 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #25, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1969 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	15 January 1970 13:39	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	1 July 1970	DS-P1-Yu #25, twenty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 320 Kosmos 320 Kosmos 320 , also known as DS-MO #3 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. Its primary mission was to demonstrate orientation control by means of an aerodynamic skirt stabiliser...	DS-MO	16 January 1970 10:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Technology	10 February 1970	DS-MO #3, second of two DS-MO satellites
Kosmos 321 Kosmos 321 Kosmos 321 , also known as DS-U2-MG #1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to investigate the magnetic poles of the Earth.A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket...	DS-U2-MG	20 January 1970 20:20	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Magnetospheric	23 March 1970	DS-U2-MG #1, first of two DS-U2-MG satellites
Kosmos 322	Zenit-4	21 January 1970 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 January 1970
Kosmos 323	Zenit-4	10 February 1970 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 February 1970
Kosmos 324 Kosmos 324 Kosmos 324 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #32, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	27 February 1970 17:24	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	23 May 1970	DS-P1-Yu #32, thirtieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 325	Zenit-2	4 March 1970 12:14	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	12 March 1970
Kosmos 326	Zenit-2	13 March 1970 08:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	21 March 1970
Kosmos 327 Kosmos 327 Kosmos 327 , also known as DS-P1-I #8 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	18 March 1970 14:39	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	19 January 1971	DS-P1-I #8, eighth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 328	Zenit-4MK	27 March 1970 11:45	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 April 1970
Kosmos 329	Zenit-2M	3 April 1970 08:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 April 1970
Kosmos 330	Tselina-O	7 April 1970 11:10	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	12 June 1979
Kosmos 331	Zenit-4	8 April 1970 10:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	16 April 1970
Kosmos 332	Tsiklon	11 April 1970 17:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 333	Zenit-4M	15 April 1970 09:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	28 April 1970
Kosmos 334 Kosmos 334 Kosmos 334 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #31, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	23 April 1970 13:20	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	9 August 1970	DS-P1-Yu #31, thirty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 335 Kosmos 335 Kosmos 335 , also known as DS-U1-R #1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study spectral ranges in the Earth's atmosphere.A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier...	DS-U1-R	24 April 1970 22:24	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Atmospheric	22 June 1970	DS-U1-R #1, only DS-U1-R satellite
Kosmos 336	Strela-1M	25 April 1970 17:09	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 337	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 338	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 339	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 340	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 341	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 342	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 343	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 344	Zenit-2	12 May 1970 10:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	20 May 1970
Kosmos 345	Zenit-4	20 May 1970 09:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	28 May 1970
Kosmos 346	Zenit-4	10 June 1970 09:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	17 June 1970
Kosmos 347 Kosmos 347 Kosmos 347 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #35, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	12 June 1970 09:30	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	7 November 1971	DS-P1-Yu #35, thirty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 348 Kosmos 348 Kosmos 348 , also known as DS-U2-GK #2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the density of air in the upper atmosphere, and investigate aurorae.A...	DS-U2-GK	13 June 1970 04:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Aeronomy, Auroral	25 July 1970	DS-U2-GK #2, second of two DS-U2-GK satellites
Kosmos 349	Zenit-4	17 June 1970 12:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 June 1970
Kosmos 350	Zenit-2M	26 June 1970 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	8 July 1970
Kosmos 351 Kosmos 351 Kosmos 351 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #38, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	27 June 1970 07:39	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	13 October 1970	DS-P1-Yu #38, thirty-fourth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 352	Zenit-4	7 July 1970 10:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 July 1970
Kosmos 353	Zenit-2M	9 July 1970 13:35	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	21 July 1970
Kosmos 354	OGCh	28 July 1970 22:00	R-36O 8K69	FOBS	28 July 1970
Kosmos 355	Zenit-4	7 August 1970 09:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 August 1970
Kosmos 356 Kosmos 356 Kosmos 356 , also known as DS-U2-MG #2, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to investigate the magnetic poles of the Earth.A Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket...	DS-U2-MG	10 August 1970 19:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Magnetospheric	2 October 1970	DS-U2-MG #2, second of two DS-U2-MG satellites
Kosmos 357 Kosmos 357 Kosmos 357 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #40, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	19 August 1970 14:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	24 November 1970	DS-P1-Yu #40, thirty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 358	Tsiklon	20 August 1970 14:30	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	26 June 1990	Incorrect orbit
Kosmos 359	4V-1	22 August 1970 05:06	Molniya-M Molniya-M The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...  8K78M	Venus Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...  lander	6 November 1970
Kosmos 360	Zenit-4M	29 August 1970 08:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	8 September 1970
Kosmos 361	Zenit-4M	8 September 1970 10:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	21 September 1970
Kosmos 362 Kosmos 362 Kosmos 362 , also known as DS-P1-I #9 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	16 September 1970 11:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	13 October 1971	DS-P1-I #9, ninth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 363	Zenit-2M	17 September 1970 08:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 September 1970
Kosmos 364	Zenit-4MK	22 September 1970 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 October 1970
Kosmos 365	OGCh	25 September 1970 14:05	R-36O 8K69M	FOBS	25 September 1970
Kosmos 366	Zenit-2M	1 October 1970 08:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	13 October 1970
Kosmos 367	US-A	3 October 1970 10:26	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	Reconnaissance	31 October 1970
Kosmos 368	Zenit-2M	8 October 1970 12:39	Voskhod 11A57	Zenit-2M Zenit-2M The Zenit-2M, Zenit-2SB or Zenit-2SLB is an Ukrainian expendable carrier rocket derived from the Zenit-3SL. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which were designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau...	14 October 1970
Kosmos 369 Kosmos 369 Kosmos 369 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #42, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	8 October 1970 15:10	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	22 January 1971	DS-P1-Yu #42, thirty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 370	Zenit-4M	9 October 1970 11:04	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	22 October 1970
Kosmos 371	Tsiklon	12 October 1970 13:57	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 372	Strela-2	16 October 1970 14:59	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 373	IS-M	20 October 1970 05:38	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	ASAT target	8 March 1980	Intercepted by Kosmos 374 and Kosmos 375 in non-destructive tests.
Kosmos 374	IS-A Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design, is-a or is_a or is a is a relationship where one class D is a subclass of another class B ....	23 October 1970 04:42	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	ASAT test	23 October 1970*	Performed non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 373, self-destructed after completion of test
Kosmos 375	IS-A Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design, is-a or is_a or is a is a relationship where one class D is a subclass of another class B ....	30 October 1970 02:36	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	ASAT test	30 October 1970*	Performed non-destructive intercept of Kosmos 373, self-destructed after completion of test
Kosmos 376	Zenit-4M	30 October 1970 13:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	12 November 1970
Kosmos 377	Zenit-2M	11 November 1970 09:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 November 1970
Kosmos 378 Kosmos 378 Kosmos 378 , also known as DS-U2-IP #1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study the ionosphere....	DS-U2-IP	17 November 1970 18:20	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Ionospheric	17 August 1972	DS-U2-IP #1, only DS-U2-IP satellite
Kosmos 379	LK-T2K	24 November 1970 05:15	Soyuz-L Soyuz-L The Soyuz-L , GRAU index 11A511L was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was used for tests of the LK Lunar lander in low Earth orbit, as part of the Soviet lunar programme.The Soyuz-L was essentially a two stage...  11A511L	Test	21 September 1983
Kosmos 380 Kosmos 380 Kosmos 380 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #26, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	24 November 1970 10:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	17 June 1971	DS-P1-Yu #26, thirty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 381	Ionosfernaya	2 December 1970 04:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Ionospheric	in orbit
Kosmos 382		2 December 1970 17:00	Proton-K Proton-K The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan... /D Block D Blok D is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and Zenit. There were plans to use it for some other rockets as well ....  8K82K	Test	in orbit
Kosmos 383	Zenit-4MK	3 December 1970 13:55	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	16 December 1970
Kosmos 384	Zenit-2M	10 December 1970 11:10	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	22 December 1970
Kosmos 385	Tsiklon	12 December 1970 13:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 386	Zenit-4M	15 December 1970 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	28 December 1970
Kosmos 387	Tselina-O	16 December 1970 04:29	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	19 January 1980
Kosmos 388 Kosmos 388 Kosmos 388 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #43, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	18 December 1970 09:39	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	10 May 1971	DS-P1-Yu #43, thirty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 389	Tselina-D	18 December 1970 16:15	Vostok-2M Vostok-2M The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...  8A92M	ELINT	24 November 2003
Kosmos 390	Zenit-4M	12 January 1971 09:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 January 1971
Kosmos 391 Kosmos 391 Kosmos 391 , also known as DS-P1-I #11 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	14 January 1971 12:00	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	21 February 1972	DS-P1-I #11, tenth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 392	Zenit-2M	21 January 1971 08:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 February 1971
Kosmos 393 Kosmos 393 Kosmos 393 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #34, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	26 January 1971 12:44	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	16 June 1971	DS-P1-Yu #34, thirty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 394 Kosmos 394 Kosmos 394 , also known as DS-P1-M #2 is a satellite which was used to demonstrate technology for future satellites which would be used as targets for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-M	9 February 1971 18:48	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ASAT target	25 February 1971*	DS-P1-M #2, second of five DS-P1-M satellites, intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 397
Kosmos 395	Tselina-O	17 February 1971 21:09	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	6 April 1980
Kosmos 396 Kosmos 396 Kosmos 396 was an unmanned test of the Zenit-4M military surveillance satellite. The Zenit satellite's purpose was high resolution photographic reconnaissance. This particular test flight returned a capsule containing exposed film.-Mission parameters:...	Zenit-4M	18 February 1971 13:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	3 March 1971
Kosmos 397	IS-A Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design, is-a or is_a or is a is a relationship where one class D is a subclass of another class B ....	25 February 1971 11:11	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	ASAT test	25 February 1971*	Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 394 Kosmos 394 Kosmos 394 , also known as DS-P1-M #2 is a satellite which was used to demonstrate technology for future satellites which would be used as targets for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...
Kosmos 398	LK-T2K	26 February 1971 05:06	Soyuz-L Soyuz-L The Soyuz-L , GRAU index 11A511L was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was used for tests of the LK Lunar lander in low Earth orbit, as part of the Soviet lunar programme.The Soyuz-L was essentially a two stage...  11A511L	Test	10 December 1995
Kosmos 399	Zenit-4M	3 March 1971 09:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	17 March 1971
Kosmos 400 Kosmos 400 Kosmos 400 , also known as DS-P1-M #3 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 404, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was...	DS-P1-M	18 March 1971 21:45	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ASAT target	4 April 1971*	DS-P1-M #3, third of five DS-P1-M satellites, intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 404
Kosmos 401	Zenit-4M	27 March 1971 10:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	9 April 1971
Kosmos 402	US-A	1 April 1971 11:29	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	Reconnaissance	6 May 1971
Kosmos 403	Zenit-2M	2 April 1971 08:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	14 April 1971
Kosmos 404	IS-A Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design, is-a or is_a or is a is a relationship where one class D is a subclass of another class B ....	4 April 1971 14:27	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	ASAT test	4 April 1971*	Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 400 Kosmos 400 Kosmos 400 , also known as DS-P1-M #3 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 404, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was...
Kosmos 405	Tselina-D	7 April 1971 07:10	Vostok-2M Vostok-2M The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...  8A92M	ELINT	in orbit
Kosmos 406	Zenit-4M	14 April 1971 08:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	24 April 1971
Kosmos 407	Strela-2	23 April 1971 11:30	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 408 Kosmos 408 Kosmos 408 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #37, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	24 April 1971 11:15	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	29 December 1971	DS-P1-Yu #37, forty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 409	Sfera SFera SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....	28 April 1971 14:35	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Geodesy Geodesy Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...	in orbit
Kosmos 410	Zenit-2M	6 May 1971 06:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 May 1971
Kosmos 411	Strela-1M	7 May 1971 14:20	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 412	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 413	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 414	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 415	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 416	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 417	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 418	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 419	3MS	10 May 1971 16:58	Proton-K Proton-K The Proton-K, also designated Proton 8K82K after its GRAU index, 8K82K, is a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and is launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan... /D Block D Blok D is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and Zenit. There were plans to use it for some other rockets as well ....  8K82K	Mars Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...  probe	12 May 1971
Kosmos 420	Zenit-4M	18 May 1971 08:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 May 1971
Kosmos 421 Kosmos 421 Kosmos 421 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #48, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	19 May 1971 10:20	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	8 November 1971	DS-P1-Yu #48, forty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 422	Tsiklon	22 May 1971 00:51	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 423 Kosmos 423 Kosmos 423 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #47, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	27 May 1971 11:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	26 November 1971	DS-P1-Yu #47, forty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 424	Zenit-4M	28 May 1971 10:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	10 June 1971
Kosmos 425	Tselina-O	29 May 1971 03:49	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	15 January 1980
Kosmos 426 Kosmos 426 Kosmos 426 , also known as DS-U2-K #1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used to study charged particles and radiation in the Earth's magnetosphere.A...	DS-U2-K	4 June 1971 18:10	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Magnetospheric	11 May 2002	DS-U2-K #1, only DS-U2-K satellite
Kosmos 427	Zenit-4MK	11 June 1971 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	23 June 1971
Kosmos 428	Zenit-2M	24 June 1971 07:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 July 1971
Kosmos 429	Zenit-4M	20 July 1971 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 August 1971
Kosmos 430	Zenit-4M	23 July 1971 11:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	5 August 1971
Kosmos 431	Zenit-2M	30 July 1971 08:29	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	11 August 1971
Kosmos 432	Zenit-4M	5 August 1971 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 August 1971
Kosmos 433	OGCh	8 August 1971 23:45	R-36O 8K69M	FOBS	9 August 1971
Kosmos 434	LK-T2K	12 August 1971 05:30	Soyuz-L Soyuz-L The Soyuz-L , GRAU index 11A511L was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was used for tests of the LK Lunar lander in low Earth orbit, as part of the Soviet lunar programme.The Soyuz-L was essentially a two stage...  11A511L	Test	23 August 1981
Kosmos 435 Kosmos 435 Kosmos 435 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #41, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	27 August 1971 10:54	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	28 January 1972	DS-P1-Yu #41, forty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 436	Tselina-O	7 September 1971 01:15	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	4 January 1980
Kosmos 437	Tselina-O	10 September 1971 03:37	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	29 March 1980
Kosmos 438	Zenit-4MK	14 September 1971 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	27 September 1971
Kosmos 439	Zenit-2M	21 September 1971 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 October 1971
Kosmos 440 Kosmos 440 Kosmos 440 , also known as DS-P1-I #10 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	24 September 1971 10:30	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	29 October 1972	DS-P1-I #10, eleventh of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 441	Zenit-4M	28 September 1971 07:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	10 October 1971
Kosmos 442	Zenit-4M	11:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	12 October 1971
Kosmos 443	Zenit-2M	7 October 1971 12:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	19 October 1971
Kosmos 444	Strela-1M	13 October 1971 13:41	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 445	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 446	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 447	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 448	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 449	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 450	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 451	Strela-1M			Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 452	Zenit-4M	14 October 1971 09:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	27 October 1971
Kosmos 453 Kosmos 453 Kosmos 453 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #44, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	19 October 1971 12:40	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	19 March 1972	DS-P1-Yu #44, forty-sixth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 454	Zenit-4M	2 November 1971 14:25	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	16 November 1971
Kosmos 455 Kosmos 455 Kosmos 455 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #54, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	17 November 1971 11:09	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	9 April 1972	DS-P1-Yu #54, forty-seventh of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 456	Zenit-4M	19 November 1971 12:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	2 December 1971
Kosmos 457	Sfera SFera SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....	20 November 1971 18:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Geodesy Geodesy Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...	in orbit
Kosmos 458 Kosmos 458 Kosmos 458 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #53, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	29 November 1971 10:09	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	20 April 1972	DS-P1-Yu #53, forty-eighth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 459 Kosmos 459 Kosmos 459 , also known as DS-P1-M #5 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 462, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was...	DS-P1-M	29 November 1971 17:30	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ASAT target	3 December 1971*	DS-P1-M #5, fourth of five DS-P1-M satellites, intercepted and destroyed by Kosmos 462
Kosmos 460	Tselina-O	30 November 1971 16:39	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	5 March 1980
Kosmos 461 Kosmos 461 Kosmos 461 , also known as DS-U2-MT #1, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-U2-MT	2 December 1971 17:30		Micrometeroids, Astronomy	21 February 1979	DS-U2-MT #1, only DS-U2-MT satellite
Kosmos 462	IS-A Is-a In knowledge representation, object-oriented programming and design, is-a or is_a or is a is a relationship where one class D is a subclass of another class B ....	3 December 1971 13:19	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	ASAT test	3 December 1971*	Intercepted and destroyed Kosmos 459 Kosmos 459 Kosmos 459 , also known as DS-P1-M #5 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 462, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was...
Kosmos 463	Zenit-4M	6 December 1971 09:50	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	11 December 1971
Kosmos 464	Zenit-4M	10 December 1971 11:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	16 December 1971
Kosmos 465	Tsiklon	15 December 1971 04:31	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 466	Zenit-4M	16 December 1971 09:39	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	27 December 1971
Kosmos 467 Kosmos 467 Kosmos 467 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #45, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	17 December 1971 10:39	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	18 April 1972	DS-P1-Yu #45, forty-ninth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 468	Strela-2	17 December 1971 13:00	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 469	US-A	25 December 1971 11:30	Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-2 The Tsyklon-2, also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 6 August 1969, and after 106 launches, made its final flight on 24...  11K69	Reconnaissance	9 February 1972
Kosmos 470	Zenit-4MT	27 December 1971 14:04	Soyuz-M Soyuz-M The Soyuz-M , GRAU index 11A511M was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was originally built to launch manned Soyuz 7K-VI spacecraft for the Soviet armed forces. Following the cancellation of this programme,...  11A511M	Reconnaissance	6 January 1972
Kosmos 471	Zenit-4M	12 January 1972 09:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	25 January 1972
Kosmos 472 Kosmos 472 Kosmos 472 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #52, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	25 January 1972 11:15	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	18 August 1972	DS-P1-Yu #52, fiftieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 473	Zenit-2M	3 February 1972 08:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 February 1972
Kosmos 474	Zenit-4M	16 February 1972 09:30	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 February 1972
Kosmos 475	Tsiklon	25 February 1972 07:52	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 476	Tselina-D	1 March 1972 11:15	Vostok-2M Vostok-2M The Vostok-2M , GRAU index 8A92M was an expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union between 1964 and 1991. Ninety-three were launched, of which one failed. Another was destroyed before launch. It was originally built as a specialised version of the earlier Vostok-2, for injecting lighter...  8A92M	ELINT	25 October 1991
Kosmos 477	Zenit-2M	4 March 1972 10:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	16 March 1972
Kosmos 478	Zenit-4M	15 March 1972 13:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	28 March 1972
Kosmos 479	Tselina-O	22 March 1972 20:30	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	13 April 1980
Kosmos 480	Sfera SFera SFera is a science fiction society from Zagreb, Croatia. It was founded in 1976, thus marking the beginnings of organised science fiction fandom in the region....	25 March 1972 02:20	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Geodesy Geodesy Geodesy , also named geodetics, a branch of earth sciences, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth, including its gravitational field, in a three-dimensional time-varying space. Geodesists also study geodynamical phenomena such as crustal...	in orbit
Kosmos 481 Kosmos 481 Kosmos 481 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #46, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	25 March 1972 10:39	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	2 September 1972	DS-P1-Yu #46, fifty-first of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 482	4V-1	31 March 1972 04:02	Molniya-M Molniya-M The Molniya-M , designation 8K78M, was a Russian carrier rocket derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. First launched in 1964, it had replaced its predecessor, Molniya, by the end of 1965...  8K78M	Venus Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...  lander	5 May 1981	Came down over southern New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Kosmos 483	Zenit-4M	3 April 1972 10:15	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	15 April 1972
Kosmos 484	Zenit-2M	6 April 1972 08:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 April 1972
Kosmos 485 Kosmos 485 Kosmos 485 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #58, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	11 April 1972 11:04	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	30 August 1972	DS-P1-Yu #58, fifty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 486	Zenit-4M	14 April 1972 08:00	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	27 April 1972
Kosmos 487 Kosmos 487 Kosmos 487 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #57, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...	DS-P1-Yu	21 April 1972 11:59	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	24 September 1972	DS-P1-Yu #57, fifty-third of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 488	Zenit-4MK	5 May 1972 11:20	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	18 May 1972
Kosmos 489	Tsiklon	6 May 1972 11:24	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Navigation	in orbit
Kosmos 490	Zenit-2M	17 May 1972 10:19	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	29 May 1972
Kosmos 491	Zenit-4M	25 May 1972 06:35	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	8 June 1972
Kosmos 492	Zenit-4M	9 June 1972 06:59	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	22 June 1972
Kosmos 493	Zenit-2M	21 June 1972 06:25	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	3 July 1972
Kosmos 494	Strela-2	23 June 1972 09:24	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	Communication	in orbit
Kosmos 495	Zenit-4M	23 June 1972 11:19	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	6 July 1972
Kosmos 496	Soyuz 7K-T Soyuz 7K-T The second generation of the Soyuz spacecraft, the Soyuz Ferry or Soyuz 7K-T, comprised Soyuz 12 through Soyuz 40 . Although still using the Igla system, these had no solar panels, employing batteries...	26 June 1972 14:53	Soyuz Soyuz (rocket) The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Samara, Russia. It was used to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soyuz programme, initially on unmanned test flights, followed by the first 19 manned launches of the...  11A511	Test	2 July 1972
Kosmos 497 Kosmos 497 Kosmos 497 , also known as DS-P1-I #12 was a satellite which was used as a radar target for anti-ballistic missile tests. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme....	DS-P1-I	30 June 1972 09:19	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	7 November 1973	DS-P1-I #12, twelfth of nineteen DS-P1-I satellites
Kosmos 498 Kosmos 498 Kosmos 498 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #56, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a spacecraft, which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile...	DS-P1-Yu	5 July 1972 09:29	Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the R-14 derived Kosmos-3 and Kosmos-3M.-References:* http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm*...  63SM	Radar target	25 November 1972	DS-P1-Yu #56, fifty-fifth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites
Kosmos 499	Zenit-4M	6 July 1972 10:40	Voskhod 11A57	Reconnaissance	17 July 1972
Kosmos 500	Tselina-O	10 July 1972 16:15	Kosmos-3M 11K65M	ELINT	29 March 1980

* — satellite was destroyed in orbit rather than decaying and burning up in the Earth's atmosphere