Kosmos-3M
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The Kosmos-3M ( meaning "Cosmos", GRAU index 11K65M) was a Soviet Union and later Russian space launch vehicle, member of the Kosmos rocket family. It was a liquid-fueled two-stage launch vehicle, first launched in 1967 and with over 420 successful launches to its name.
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- Kosmos-3M(R-14 11K65M)
- Rocket.image
- Kosmos-3M 1.svg
- Rocket.upright
- 0.5
- Rocket.caption
- Drawing of the Kosmos-3M with bulges on payload fairing for launching SAR Lupe
- Rocket.function
- Orbital launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- Yuzhnoye / NPO Polyot
- Rocket.country origin
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Rocket.stages
- 2
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome,Site 132Site 133/3Kapustin Yar Site 107
- Rocket.first
- 15 May 1967
- Rocket.last
- 27 April 2010
- Rocket.launches
- 444
- Rocket.success
- 424
- Rocket.fail
- 20
- Rocket/Payload.location
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Rocket/Stage.type
- stage
- Rocket/Stage.stageno
- Second
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- Image
- Kosmos-3M 1.svg
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- Kosmos-3M
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- Notable launches
- Accidents
- See also
- References
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The Kosmos-3M ( meaning "Cosmos", GRAU index 11K65M) was a Soviet Union and later Russian space launch vehicle, member of the Kosmos rocket family. It was a liquid-fueled two-stage launch vehicle, first launched in 1967 and with over 420 successful launches to its name.
The Kosmos-3M used UDMH fuel and AK27I oxidizer (red fuming nitric acid) to lift roughly of payload into orbit. It differed from the earlier Kosmos-3 in its finer control of the second-stage burn, allowing operators to tune the thrust and even channel it through nozzles that helped orient the rocket for the launching of multiple satellites at one time.