Kosmos 496

Kosmos 496 (Russian: Космос 496 meaning Cosmos 496) was an unmanned test of the redesigned Soyuz ferry. It did not dock with any space station. After the Soyuz 11 disaster the third seat was removed because the space was need for the two crewmen in space suits and their equipment. Kosmos 496 retained its solar arrays.

Mission parameters

Spacecraft: Soyuz-7K-T
Mass: 6800 kg
Crew: None
Launched: June 26, 1972
Landed: July 2, 1972

References

Mir Hardware Heritage
- Mir Hardware Heritage - NASA report (PDF format)
- Mir Hardware Heritage (wikisource)

Soyuz programme

Main topics

Uncrewed
missions

Soyuz 7K-OK	Kosmos 133 Kosmos 140 Kosmos 186 Kosmos 188 Kosmos 212 Kosmos 213 Kosmos 238 Soyuz 2

Soyuz 7K-L1/L1S (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 Kosmos 154 Zond 1967A Zond 1967B Zond 4 Zond 1968A Zond 1968B Zond 5 Zond 6 Zond 1969A Zond-M 1 Zond-M 2 Zond 7 Zond 8 Zond 9 Zond 10

Soyuz 7K-T	Kosmos 496 Kosmos 573 Kosmos 613 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 32 (uncrewed landing) Soyuz 34 (uncrewed launch)

Soyuz 7K-TM	Kosmos 638 Kosmos 672

Soyuz 7K-S	Kosmos 670 Kosmos 772 Kosmos 869

Soyuz 7K-T/A9	Soyuz 20

Soyuz-T ("Soyuz 7K-ST")	Kosmos 1001 Kosmos 1074 Soyuz T-1

Soyuz-TM ("Soyuz 7K-STM")	Soyuz TM-1

Crewed
missions

Past

Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1970)	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	10 11

Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981)	12 13 14 15 17 18a 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (crewed launch) 33 34 (crewed landing) 35 36 37 38 39 40

Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	16 19 22

Soyuz-T (1976–1986)	T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10-1 T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15

Soyuz-TM (1986–2003)	TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34

Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012)	TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22

Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2013)	TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M

Current

Soyuz-TMA-M (2014–2015)	TMA-15M TMA-16M

Planned

Soyuz-TMA-M (2015–2016)	TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M

Soyuz-MS (2016– )	MS-01 MS-02 MS-03

← 1971 · Orbital launches in 1972 · 1973 →

Kosmos 471 \| OPS 1737 · OPS 7719 \| Intelsat IV F-4 \| Kosmos 472 \| HEOS-2 \| Kosmos 473 \| Luna 20 \| Kosmos 474 \| OPS 1844 \| Kosmos 475 \| OPS 1570 \| Kosmos 476 \| Pioneer 10 \| Kosmos 477 · Nauka-14KS No.1 \| TD-1A \| Kosmos 478 \| OPS 1678 \| Kosmos 479 \| OPS 5058 \| Kosmos 480 \| Kosmos 481 \| Venera 8 \| Meteor-MV No.23 \| Kosmos 482 \| Kosmos 483 \| Molniya-1 No.27 · SRET-1 \| Kosmos 484 · Nauka-5KS No.3 \| Interkosmos 6 \| Kosmos 485 \| Prognoz 1 \| Kosmos 486 \| Apollo 16 (PFS-2) \| OPS 5640 \| Kosmos 487 \| DS-P1-Yu No. 51 \| Kosmos 488 \| Kosmos 489 \| Kosmos 490 · Nauka-1KS No.5 \| Molniya-2-2 \| OPS 6574 \| Kosmos 491 \| OPS 6371 \| Kosmos 492 \| Intelsat IV F-5 \| Kosmos 493 \| Kosmos 494 \| Kosmos 495 \| Kosmos 496 \| Prognoz 2 \| Interkosmos 7 \| Kosmos 497 \| Meteor-MV No.26 \| Kosmos 498 \| Kosmos 499 \| OPS 7293 · OPS 7803 \| Kosmos 500 \| Kosmos 501 \| Kosmos 502 \| Kosmos 503 \| Kosmos 504 · Kosmos 505 · Kosmos 506 · Kosmos 507 · Kosmos 508 · Kosmos 509 · Kosmos 510 · Kosmos 511 \| ERTS-1 \| Kosmos 512 \| DOS No.122 \| Kosmos 513 \| Explorer 46 \| Kosmos 514 \| Kosmos 515 \| Denpa \| Copernicus \| Kosmos 516 \| Kosmos 517 \| OPS 8888 \| Unnamed \| Triad 1 \| Kosmos 518 \| Kosmos 519 \| Kosmos 520 \| Explorer 47 \| Kosmos 521 \| Molniya-2-3 \| Radcat 2 · Radsat \| Kosmos 522 \| Kosmos 523 \| OPS 8314 · OPS 8314/2 \| Kosmos 524 \| Molniya-1 No.26 \| NOAA-2 · OSCAR-6 \| Unnamed \| Kosmos 525 · Nauka-16KS No.1L \| Kosmos 526 \| Meteor-M No.25 \| Kosmos 527 \| Kosmos 528 · Kosmos 529 · Kosmos 530 · Kosmos 531 · Kosmos 532 · Kosmos 533 · Kosmos 534 · Kosmos 535 \| Kosmos 536 \| OPS 7323 \| Anik A1 \| Explorer 48 \| ESRO-4 \| Unnamed \| Kosmos 537 \| Interkosmos 8 \| Molniya-1 No.28 \| Apollo 17 \| Nimbus 5 \| Molniya-2-4 \| Kosmos 538 \| Aeros 1 \| OPS 9390 \| Kosmos 539 \| OPS 3978 \| Kosmos 540 \| Kosmos 541 \| Kosmos 542

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).