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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 18

Name: Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 18
Start: 1992-03-09T22:35:59.000Z
End: 1992-03-09T22:35:59.000Z
Location: 132/1 (132L)

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

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Tsikada 18

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

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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

1992-03-09T22:35:59+00:00

Window start

1992-03-09T22:35:59+00:00

Window end

1992-03-09T22:35:59+00:00

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Mission type

Navigation

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

Tsikada 18

Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus

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

2 objects

SATCAT inventory for 1992-012

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: fcff1b480ad28f2b0a387d98b7fa5170f87597ec536df88143dd3b10472d81e5

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

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SATCAT payload objects

COSMOS 2181
1992-012ANORAD 21902PAYCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 104.91 minRCS: 3.523 m²
Inc: 83.0°
970 km → 1011 km

SATCAT non-payload objects

SL-8 R/B
1992-012BNORAD 21903RBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 104.75 minRCS: 4.123 m²
Inc: 82.9°
952 km → 1014 km

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Provider legacy

Production Corporation Polyot

Lifetime launches

2 in 2026

Production Corporation Polyot has 2 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)

166

Pad launches

1 in 2026

132/1 (132L) has 166 launches from this pad on record, with 1 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

95% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

151d 8h

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