Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Kosmos 497 (Russian: Космос 497 meaning Cosmos 497) also known as DS-P1-I No.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.It was launched aboard a Kosmos-2I 63SM rocket from Site 133/1 at Plesetsk.