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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 50

Name: Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 50
Start: 1992-08-12T05:44:01.000Z
End: 1992-08-12T05:44:01.000Z
Location: 132/1 (132L)

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

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Strela-2M 50

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

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Military communications 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

1992-08-12T05:44:01+00:00

Window start

1992-08-12T05:44:01+00:00

Window end

1992-08-12T05:44:01+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

Strela-2M 50

Military communications 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

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Commercial • RUS

Objects from this launch

4 objects

SATCAT inventory for 1992-053

Last checked: 2026-03-15T12:11:01.431+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-15T12:11:01.431+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-15T12:11:01.431+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-15T12:11:01.431+00:00

Snapshot hash: 334902214b7b7d6d5f1183d43304a8fb73e375a59bed972b9a0e4641fc484f02

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 1Delta: +1RB: 1DEB: 2UNK: 0

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SATCAT payload objects

COSMOS 2208
1992-053ANORAD 22080PAYCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 100.59 minRCS: 1.940 m²
Inc: 74.0°
777 km → 797 km

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SL-8 DEB
1992-053CNORAD 24974DEBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 100.31 minRCS: 0.009 m²
Inc: 74.0°
757 km → 789 km
SL-8 DEB
1992-053DNORAD 25027DEBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 99.71 minRCS: 0.010 m²
Inc: 74.0°
743 km → 747 km
SL-8 R/B
1992-053BNORAD 22081RBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 100.36 minRCS: 5.772 m²
Inc: 74.0°
750 km → 802 km

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Provider legacy

Production Corporation Polyot

Lifetime launches

6 in 2026

Production Corporation Polyot has 6 launches on record, with 6 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)

168

Pad launches

3 in 2026

132/1 (132L) has 168 launches from this pad on record, with 3 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

95% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

118d 22h

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