Soviet Space Program
Parus 16
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
FAILURE
Failure
Wednesday, December 20, 1978 · 20:43 UTC
Mission
/01Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
Mission Type
Navigation
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
92
Pad Launches
651
Location Launches
1268
Agency Launches
123
Orbital This Year