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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 52

Name: Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 52
Start: 1994-12-20T05:11:01.000Z
End: 1994-12-20T05:11:01.000Z
Location: 132/1 (132L)

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

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Strela-2M 52

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

1994-12-20T05:11:01+00:00

Window start

1994-12-20T05:11:01+00:00

Window end

1994-12-20T05:11:01+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 52

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 1994-083

Last checked: 2026-03-15T00:11:05.471+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-15T00:11:05.471+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-15T00:11:05.471+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-15T00:11:05.471+00:00

Snapshot hash: 27f6a7f97265d6696c87a6f6eef4c77739ab529ac6aa12f3bc74d7a25ca94e9e

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

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SATCAT payload objects

COSMOS 2298
1994-083ANORAD 23431PAYCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 100.62 minRCS: 2.050 m²
Inc: 74.0°
776 km → 800 km

SATCAT non-payload objects

COSMOS 2298 DEB
1994-083CNORAD 23433DEBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 99.66 minRCS: 0.012 m²
Inc: 74.0°
737 km → 748 km
COSMOS 2298 DEB
1994-083DNORAD 23434DEBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 100.09 minRCS: 0.012 m²
Inc: 74.0°
754 km → 771 km
SL-8 R/B
1994-083BNORAD 23432RBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 100.39 minRCS: 7.463 m²
Inc: 74.0°
773 km → 781 km

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Provider legacy

Production Corporation Polyot

Lifetime launches

5 in 2026

Production Corporation Polyot has 18 launches on record, with 5 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)

174

Pad launches

3 in 2026

132/1 (132L) has 174 launches from this pad on record, with 3 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

95% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

83d 15h

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