Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Kosmos 461 (Russian: Космос 461 meaning Cosmos 461) also known as DS-U2-MT No.1 was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 680-kilogram (1500 lb) spacecraft which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and was used to investigate micrometeoroids and conduct gamma ray astronomy.