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Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Retired

Russian Space Forces

N/A

Key figures

Total launches
445
Successes
423
Failures
22
Success rate
95.1 %
Success streak
22
Maiden flight
May 15, 1967
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
6h 39min
Planned launches
0
Kosmos family total
621 launches · 576 successes · 45 failures (5 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Kosmos-3M (11K65M)” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Kosmos family totals 621 launches across 5 variants.

Technology

Launches per year

of which in our database: 445

1971: 19 Successes1971: 1 Failures2019711972: 13 Successes1972: 1 Failures141973: 15 Successes1973: 1 Failures161974: 17 Successes1719741975: 18 Successes1975: 2 Failures201976: 28 Successes281977: 28 Successes1977: 1 Failures2919771978: 20 Successes1978: 1 Failures211979: 18 Successes181980: 16 Successes1619801981: 18 Successes181982: 20 Successes1982: 4 Failures241983: 20 Successes1983: 1 Failures2119831984: 17 Successes171985: 11 Successes1985: 1 Failures121986: 15 Successes1519861987: 13 Successes131988: 7 Successes71989: 9 Successes919891990: 10 Successes101991: 11 Successes1991: 1 Failures121992: 7 Successes719921993: 6 Successes61994: 5 Successes51995: 4 Successes1995: 1 Failures519951996: 4 Successes41997: 2 Successes21998: 2 Successes219981999: 2 Successes22000: 2 Successes2000: 1 Failures32001: 1 Successes120012002: 4 Successes42003: 3 Successes32004: 2 Successes220042005: 3 Successes32006: 1 Successes12007: 3 Successes320072008: 3 Successes32009: 1 Successes12010: 1 Successes12010
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. May 15, 1967🚀 Maiden flightZaliv-GVM 1View launch →
  2. Dec 20, 1978💥 FailureParus 16View launch →
  3. Mar 4, 1982💥 FailureTaifun-2 11View launch →
  4. Jun 18, 1982💥 FailureParus 33View launch →
  5. Aug 30, 1982💥 FailureStrela-2M 29View launch →
  6. Nov 24, 1982💥 FailureStrela-1M 249-256View launch →
  7. Jan 25, 1983💥 FailureTaifun-2 14View launch →
  8. Oct 23, 1985💥 FailureParus 50View launch →
  9. Jun 25, 1991💥 FailureTaifun-2 26View launch →
  10. Oct 6, 1995💥 FailureParus 84View launch →
  11. Nov 20, 2000💥 FailureQuickBird 1View launch →

Sources