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Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 20

Name: Kosmos-3M | Tsikada 20
Start: 1995-01-24T03:54:22.000Z
End: 1995-01-24T03:54:22.000Z
Location: 132/1 (132L)

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

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Tsikada 20

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

1995-01-24T03:54:22+00:00

Window start

1995-01-24T03:54:22+00:00

Window end

1995-01-24T03:54:22+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 20

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

4 objects

SATCAT inventory for 1995-002

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: e2000f29e7affd4285c77601dc98fd65f9d9ee8b97e6cd87ae97392662e4cd56

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 3Delta: +3RB: 1DEB: 0UNK: 0

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SATCAT payload objects

TSIKADA
1995-002ANORAD 23463PAYCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 104.90 minRCS: 1.371 m²
Inc: 82.9°
960 km → 1019 km
ASTRID 1
1995-002BNORAD 23464PAYSWED
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 104.87 minRCS: 0.410 m²
Inc: 82.9°
958 km → 1020 km
FAISAT
1995-002CNORAD 23465PAYUnited States (US)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 104.95 minRCS: 0.625 m²
Inc: 82.9°
964 km → 1021 km

SATCAT non-payload objects

SL-8 R/B
1995-002DNORAD 23466RBCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: PLMSCPeriod: 104.75 minRCS: 4.867 m²
Inc: 82.9°
958 km → 1007 km

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Provider legacy

Production Corporation Polyot

Lifetime launches

1 in 2026

Production Corporation Polyot has 19 launches on record, with 1 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)

175

Pad launches

1 in 2026

132/1 (132L) has 175 launches from this pad on record, with 1 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

95% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

34d 22h

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