Soviet Space Program

Sfera 5

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, November 24, 1969 · 16:49 UTC

Mission

/01

The Sfera or Geoid series were the first soviet geodetic satellites to improve the accuracy of maps. The development of the satellites started in 1965 at NPO-PM.

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Variant: -3M

Launch Pad

132/1 (132L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.883° N, 40.869° E

2

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103

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445

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118

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