Kosmos 496Rocket launchby RussiaLaunch time26 Jun 197214:53 UTCsuccessOrbit: LEOUnmanned test of redesigned Soyuz spacecraft.MissionRocketPayloadsLandingRocket Soyuz7K-Tlaunched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 1/5KazakhstanPayloadsNamePurposeMassCommentKosmos 496 (Soyuz 7K-T)---Spacecraft landingDate2 Jul 1972