Soviet Space Program

Tselina-O 9

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

SUCCESS
Success

Saturday, May 29, 1971 · 03:49 UTC

Mission

/01

The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

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

16

Pad Launches

183

Location Launches

578

Agency Launches

55

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