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Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1

Name: Kosmos-3M | Beijing-1
Start: 2005-10-27T06:52:26.000Z
End: 2005-10-27T06:52:26.000Z
Location: 132/1 (132L)

Production Corporation Polyot • Kosmos-3M (11K65M) • 132/1 (132L) (NA)

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Beijing-1

Production Corporation Polyot • Kosmos-3M (11K65M) • 132/1 (132L)

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Civilian surveillance satellite.

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Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

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Variant: -3M

Reusable: No

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Launch info

Provider

Production Corporation Polyot

Vehicle

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Pad

132/1 (132L) (132/1 (132L))

State

NET

2005-10-27T06:52:26+00:00

Window start

2005-10-27T06:52:26+00:00

Window end

2005-10-27T06:52:26+00:00

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Mission type

Government/Top Secret

Launch site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Reusable

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132/1 (132L)

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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation62.88323, 40.86855Provider map

Beijing-1

Civilian surveillance satellite.

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Manufacturer: Russian Space Forces

N/A

Maiden flight

1967-05-15

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Service provider

Production Corporation Polyot

Provider news

Commercial • RUS

Objects from this launch

8 objects

SATCAT inventory for 2005-043

Last checked: 2026-03-13T00:11:00.747+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-13T00:11:00.747+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-13T00:11:00.747+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-13T00:11:00.747+00:00

Snapshot hash: 4a9654ef4c374be54ad5a127fc9b66afd130d8a5f5012db473cb153aeaf9f2b1

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 8Delta: +8RB: 0DEB: 0UNK: 0

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SATCAT payload objects

BEIJING 1
2005-043ANORAD 28890PAYPeople's Republic of China (PRC)Ops: +
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Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 98.40 minRCS: 0.351 m²
Inc: 98.3°
672 km → 692 km
TOPSAT
2005-043BNORAD 28891PAYUnited Kingdom (UK)Ops: -
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Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 98.33 minRCS: 0.491 m²
Inc: 98.3°
668 km → 689 km
UWE-1
2005-043CNORAD 28892PAYGermany (GER)Ops: -
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Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 97.84 minRCS: 0.018 m²
Inc: 98.3°
645 km → 665 km
SINAH 1
2005-043DNORAD 28893PAYIRANOps: +
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Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 98.36 minRCS: 0.706 m²
Inc: 98.3°
670 km → 690 km
SSETI EXPRESS (XO-53)
2005-043ENORAD 28894PAYEuropean Space Agency (ESA)Ops: -
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 98.28 minRCS: 0.350 m²
Inc: 98.3°
666 km → 687 km
CUBESAT XI-V
2005-043FNORAD 28895PAYJapan (JPN)Ops: +
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 97.80 minRCS: 0.015 m²
Inc: 98.3°
643 km → 664 km
MOZHAETS 5 & RUBIN-5
2005-043GNORAD 28898PAYGermany (GER)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 98.34 minRCS: 5.898 m²
Inc: 98.3°
667 km → 692 km
NCUBE-2
2005-043HNORAD 28897PAYEuropean Space Agency (ESA)Ops: -
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 97.72 minRCS: 0.013 m²
Inc: 98.3°
640 km → 660 km

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Provider legacy

Production Corporation Polyot

Lifetime launches

2 in 2026

Production Corporation Polyot has 48 launches on record, with 2 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

423

Successful missions

0 in 2026

Kosmos-3M (11K65M) has 423 successful missions on record, with 0 in 2026.

Pad history

132/1 (132L)

203

Pad launches

2 in 2026

132/1 (132L) has 203 launches from this pad on record, with 2 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

95% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

280d 3h

Reported pad reuse cadence.

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