Kosmos-3M Launch Vehicle
Kosmos-3M was the upgraded production version of the R-14-derived Kosmos-3. The expendable two-stage vehicle used storable propellants and could place about 1,500 kilograms into low Earth orbit. Produced first at Krasnoyarsk and later by NPO Polyot in Omsk, it served from 1967 to 2010, most often launching small spacecraft into high-inclination and polar orbits from Plesetsk.
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- Aliases
- Cosmos-3MKosmos 3MCosmos 3M11K65MSL-8
- Family Name
- Kosmos-3M
- Full Name
- Kosmos-3M Launch Vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
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- Description
- Kosmos-3M was the upgraded production version of the R-14-derived Kosmos-3. The expendable two-stage vehicle used storable propellants and could place about 1,500 kilograms into low Earth orbit. Produced first at Krasnoyarsk and later by NPO Polyot in Omsk, it served from 1967 to 2010, most often launching small spacecraft into high-inclination and polar orbits from Plesetsk.
- First Flight Year
- 1,967
- Last Flight Year
- 2,010
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Rocket Specs
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 1,500
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 14:03:39 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 12:26:56 UTC
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