Soviet Space Program
Strela-2M 6
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
FAILURE
Failure
Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 19:59 UTC
Mission
/01Military communications satellite
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
Variant: -3M
Launch Pad
132/1 (132L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
62.883° N, 40.869° E
20
Pad Launches
261
Location Launches
696
Agency Launches
90
Orbital This Year