Production Corporation Polyot
Strela-3M 1
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 · 19:34 UTC
Mission
/01Strela-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.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
Variant: -3M
Launch Pad
132/1 (132L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
62.883° N, 40.869° E
204
Pad Launches
1546
Location Launches
49
Agency Launches
52
Orbital This Year