Kosmos 472
Introduction '''Kosmos 472''' ( meaning ''Cosmos 472''), known before launch as '''DS-P1-Yu No.52''', 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 tests.
Launch Kosmos 472 was successfully launched into low Earth orbit on 25 January 1972, with the rocket lifting off at 11:15:01 UTC. The launch took place from Site 133/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and used a Kosmos-2I 63SM carrier rocket.
Orbit Upon reaching orbit, it was assigned its Kosmos designation, and received the International Designator 1972-004A. The North American Aerospace Defense Command assigned it the catalogue number 05804.Kosmos 472 was the fiftieth of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched, and the forty-fifth of seventy two to successfully reach orbit. It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , 81.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 101 minutes. It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 18 August 1972.
See also * 1972 in spaceflight
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