Kosmos-3M
SuccessStrela-3M 1 · Production Corporation Polyot
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Dec 21, 2005, 19:34 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Dec 21, 2005, 19:34 UTC – Wednesday, Dec 21, 2005, 19:34 UTC
Provider
Production Corporation Polyot
Rocket
Launch pad
132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Strela-3M 1
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Strela-3M (also known as Rodnik-S) is an improved version of the Strela-3 military communications satellites. The first one was launched on 21.12.2005 on a Kosmos-3M booster together with a Gonets-M satellite, which represents the civilian version. Later satellites were launched on Rokot-KM boosters.
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