Kosmos 496

Kosmos 496 was an unmanned test of the redesigned Soyuz ferry. The redesign may have involved changes to the Salyut/Soyuz hatch. It did not dock with any space station. After the Soyuz 11 disaster the third seat was removed because the space was needed for the two crewmen in space suits and their equipment. Kosmos 496 retained its solar arrays.

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uncrewed spaceflight, Soyuz 7K-T, low Earth orbit, Soyuz, 

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1972 Kosmos 496

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