Kosmos 485 was the fifty-second of seventy nine DS-P1-Yu satellites to be launched,[1] and the forty-seventh of seventy two to successfully reach orbit.[5] It was operated in an orbit with a perigee of 262 kilometres (163mi), an apogee of 444 kilometres (276mi), 70.9 degrees of inclination, and an orbital period of 91.6 minutes.[1][6] It remained in orbit until it decayed and reentered the atmosphere on 30 August 1972.[6]
Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).
