Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Kosmos 481 (Russian: Космос 481 meaning Cosmos 481) known before launch as DS-P1-Yu No.46 was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1972 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme. It was a 375-kilogram (827 lb) spacecraft which was built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and was used as a radar calibration target for anti-ballistic missile tests.