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Launch Complex: LC133/3.
Plesetsk. Latitude: 62.8870 deg. Longitude: 40.8504 deg. Used by: Kosmos 3, UR-100N. First Launch: 1985-10-23. Last Launch: 2006-07-28. Number Launches: 44.

LC133/3 Chronology

1985 October 23 - 17:24 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65034-135 FAILURE: Launch vehicle failed to orbit - unknown cause. Parus Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: UNKS.

1985 November 28 - 13:12 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47122-346 Cosmos 1704 Mass: 810 kg (1,780 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 962 km (597 mi). Apogee: 1,007 km (625 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Military navigation satellite. Replaced Cosmos 1598.

1986 July 16 - 04:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53722-365 Cosmos 1763 Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 749 km (465 mi). Apogee: 794 km (493 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.30 min.

1986 September 10 - 01:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47196-164 Cosmos 1777 Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 768 km (477 mi). Apogee: 803 km (498 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.60 min. Replaced Cosmos 1624.

1986 October 27 - 12:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53748-411 Cosmos 1788 Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Taifun-1. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 262 km (162 mi). Apogee: 263 km (163 mi). Inclination: 65.80 deg. Period: 89.80 min. Radar calibration mission.

1987 October 14 - 12:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53726-186 Cosmos 1891 Mass: 810 kg (1,780 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 950 km (590 mi). Apogee: 1,026 km (637 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.90 min. Military navigation satellite.

1987 December 1 - 14:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65035-621 Cosmos 1898 Mass: 750 kg (1,650 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 770 km (470 mi). Apogee: 800 km (490 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.60 min.

1987 December 15 - 13:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53726-183 Cosmos 1902 Spacecraft: Taifun-1. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 364 km (226 mi). Apogee: 408 km (253 mi). Inclination: 65.80 deg. Period: 92.30 min. Radar calibration mission.

1987 December 23 - 20:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53711-281 Cosmos 1904 Mass: 810 kg (1,780 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 967 km (600 mi). Apogee: 1,005 km (624 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Military navigation satellite.

1988 April 5 - 14:41 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47126-188 Cosmos 1937 Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 761 km (472 mi). Apogee: 797 km (495 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.40 min.

1988 June 21 - 16:26 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47126-191 Cosmos 1954 Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 772 km (479 mi). Apogee: 796 km (494 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.50 min. Outer space research.

1988 July 18 - 22:28 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65096-175 Cosmos 1959 Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 953 km (592 mi). Apogee: 1,006 km (625 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 104.70 min. Military navigation satellite.

1989 June 14 - 12:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53761-249 Cosmos 2027 Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Spacecraft: Taifun-1. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 394 km (244 mi). Apogee: 427 km (265 mi). Inclination: 65.80 deg. Period: 92.80 min. Radar calibration mission.

1989 July 4 - 15:21 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65061-250 Nadezhda 1 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Nadezhda. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 956 km (594 mi). Apogee: 1,013 km (629 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Civilian maritime navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 11 of constellation. Signals at 150,00 MHz and 400.00 MHz. Carried COSPAS/SARSAT search and rescue package. Location of vessels in the Soviet merchant marine and fishing fleet; work within the international space search and rescue system for locating vessels and aircraft in distress (COSPAS-SARSAT).

1989 July 25 - 07:48 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65061-256 Cosmos 2034 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 964 km (599 mi). Apogee: 1,013 km (629 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.90 min. Military navigation satellite.

1990 January 18 - 12:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65061-247 Cosmos 2056 Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 768 km (477 mi). Apogee: 804 km (499 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.60 min.

1990 March 20 - 00:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47161-245 Cosmos 2061 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 969 km (602 mi). Apogee: 1,017 km (631 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 105.00 min. Military navigation satellite.

1990 April 6 - 03:13 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65061-259 Cosmos 2064 Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-1M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 1,463 km (909 mi). Apogee: 1,490 km (920 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 115.50 min. Eight satellites launched by a single carrier rocket.

1990 April 20 - 18:41 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53726-195 Cosmos 2074 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 963 km (598 mi). Apogee: 1,005 km (624 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 2 of constellation.

1990 August 28 - 15:45 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53711-240 Cosmos 2098 Mass: 550 kg (1,210 lb). Spacecraft: Taifun-1. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 392 km (243 mi). Apogee: 1,747 km (1,085 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 106.60 min. Radar calibration mission.

1990 September 14 - 05:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65048-403 Cosmos 2100 Mass: 810 kg (1,780 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 958 km (595 mi). Apogee: 1,012 km (628 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Military navigation satellite.

1990 December 10 - 07:54 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47126-203 Cosmos 2112 Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 764 km (474 mi). Apogee: 807 km (501 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.60 min.

1991 January 29 - 11:59 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53744-158 Oscar 21 Mass: 600 kg (1,320 lb). Spacecraft: Informator. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 956 km (594 mi). Apogee: 1,008 km (626 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.70 min. Prototype satellite for the planned Koskon (Space Conversion) Global Space Communication System. It was planned that the Koskon constellation would consist of a constellation of 32 to 45 satellites in 1997-2001. Also carried amateur radio transponders and performed geological research. Routine communications, collection and relaying of information in the interests of the Ministry of Geology of the USSR and other branches of the country's national economy, and the development of communications between amateur radio-operators.

1991 February 5 - 02:36 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47148-407 Cosmos 2123 Mass: 810 kg (1,780 lb). Spacecraft: Tsikada. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 963 km (598 mi). Apogee: 1,005 km (624 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Civilian navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 13 of constellation. Testing of components and equipment of a space navigation system being set up to determine the position of civil aircraft and ships of the USSR merchant marine and fishing fleet at any point on the oceans and seas. Two amateur satellite transponders, RS12 and RS13, were secondary payloads on the Cosmos 2123 navigation satellite. These transponders were developed at the Kaluga Electromechanical Plant under the direction of Aleksander Papkov and were launched aboard several satellites by the USSR during 1978-1991.

1991 February 12 - 02:44 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47187-204 Cosmos 2125 Mass: 40 kg (88 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-1M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 1,458 km (905 mi). Apogee: 1,473 km (915 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 115.20 min. Eight satellites launched by a single carrier rocket.

1991 February 26 - 04:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47168-254 Cosmos 2135 Mass: 810 kg (1,780 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 923 km (573 mi). Apogee: 1,018 km (632 mi). Inclination: 82.80 deg. Period: 104.50 min. Military navigation satellite. Replaced by Cosmos 2195. Reactivated in August 1993 after Cosmos 2195 failed.

1991 March 12 - 19:29 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65048-406 Nadezhda 3 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Nadezhda. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 955 km (593 mi). Apogee: 1,016 km (631 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Civilian navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 12 of constellation. Maritime navigation. Signals at 150,00 MHz and 400.00 MHz. Carried COSPAS search and rescue package. Location of vessels in the Soviet merchant marine and fishing fleet; work within the international space search and rescue system for locating vessels and aircraft in distress (COSPAS-SARSAT).

1991 June 11 - 05:41 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47159-819 Cosmos 2150 Mass: 900 kg (1,980 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-2M. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 778 km (483 mi). Apogee: 805 km (500 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 100.70 min.

1991 November 27 - 03:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65048-409 Cosmos 2173 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO SSSR. Perigee: 946 km (587 mi). Apogee: 1,017 km (631 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 104.70 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 4 of constellation.

1992 February 17 - 22:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65078-418 Cosmos 2180 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 960 km (590 mi). Apogee: 1,014 km (630 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.90 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 6 of constellation.

1992 June 3 - 00:50 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53742-114 Cosmos 2187 Mass: 45 kg (99 lb). Spacecraft: Strela-1M. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 1,402 km (871 mi). Apogee: 1,480 km (910 mi). Inclination: 74.00 deg. Period: 114.70 min. Eight satellites launched by a single carrier rocket.

1992 July 1 - 20:16 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65072-427 Cosmos 2195 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 956 km (594 mi). Apogee: 1,010 km (620 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.80 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 1 of constellation. Replaced Cosmos 2135. Failed after 12 months in orbit.

1992 October 29 - 10:40 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 65078-424 Cosmos 2218 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 967 km (600 mi). Apogee: 1,014 km (630 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.90 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 3 of constellation.

1993 January 12 - 11:10 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 53778-426 Cosmos 2230 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Tsikada. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 969 km (602 mi). Apogee: 1,008 km (626 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.90 min. Civilian navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 11 of constellation. TSIKADA type spacecraft. Determination of the position of ships of the merchant marine and fishing fleet in the world's oceans and seas as part of the Tsikada space navigation system.

1993 February 9 - 02:56 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47178-428 Cosmos 2233 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 951 km (590 mi). Apogee: 1,010 km (620 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.70 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 5 of constellation. Replaced Cosmos 2142.

1993 April 1 - 18:57 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Kosmos 11K65M 47178-431 Cosmos 2239 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 966 km (600 mi). Apogee: 997 km (619 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.70 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 4 of constellation. Replaced Cosmos 2173.

1994 April 26 - 02:14 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Cosmos 2279 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Parus. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 956 km (594 mi). Apogee: 1,007 km (625 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 104.70 min. Military navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 6 of constellation.

1994 July 14 - 05:13 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3. Nadezhda 4 Mass: 825 kg (1,818 lb). Spacecraft: Nadezhda. Agency: MO RF. Perigee: 951 km (590 mi). Apogee: 1,007 km (625 mi). Inclination: 82.94 deg. Period: 104.68 min. Carried COSPAS/SARSAT search and rescue package. Civilian navigation satellite. Positioned in plane 14 of constellation. Maritime navigation. Signals at 150,00 MHz and 400.00 MHz.

2002 June 20 - 09:33 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-100N. Rokot 492882034 Iridium SV97 Mass: 690 kg (1,520 lb). Spacecraft: LM 700. Agency: Iridium. Perigee: 659 km (409 mi). Apogee: 669 km (415 mi). Inclination: 86.60 deg. Period: 98.00 min. Launch delayed from June 6, 19. The two Iridium replacement mobile telephone satellites were owned by Iridium Satellite LLC, the successor to bankrupt Iridium LLC.

2003 June 30 - 14:14 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-100N. Monitor-E/SL Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Monitor. Perigee: 694 km (431 mi). Apogee: 835 km (518 mi). Inclination: 98.70 deg. Period: 100.10 min. Delayed from October 2002, April 2003. Monitor-E mass model not released.

2003 October 30 - 13:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-100N. Rokot 4921921121 Servis-1 Mass: 840 kg (1,850 lb). Spacecraft: SERVIS. Agency: USEF. Perigee: 984 km (611 mi). Apogee: 1,016 km (631 mi). Inclination: 99.50 deg. Period: 105.10 min. The mission of the 'Space Environment Reliability Verification of Integrated System' was to flight test a range of commerical-grade spacecraft components including a computer, star tracker, battery, and laser gyro. The objective was to lower the cost of future satellites.

2005 August 26 - 18:34 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-100N. Monitor-E Mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Spacecraft: Monitor. Agency: Roskosmos. Perigee: 522 km (324 mi). Apogee: 545 km (338 mi). Inclination: 97.50 deg. Period: 95.30 min. Delayed from June 30, July 30, August 18 2005. Prototype lightweight earth monitoring satellite with 8-meter and 20-meter resolution cameras.

2005 October 8 - 15:02 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-100N. FAILURE: The first stage burned to depletion due to a missing command in the software sequence. This resulted in the second stage failing to separate. CryoSat Mass: 717 kg (1,580 lb). Spacecraft: CryoSat. Agency: ESA. ESA Earth Explorer 1 mission failed to orbit. The satellite was to have used radar altimetry for environmental survey of polar ice with great accuracy. Delayed from November 2004, March 25, June 24, July 11, September 15 and 27, 2005.

2006 July 28 - 07:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-100N. Kompsat 2 Mass: 798 kg (1,759 lb). Spacecraft: KOMPSAT-2. Agency: KARI. Perigee: 676 km (420 mi). Apogee: 701 km (435 mi). Inclination: 98.10 deg. Period: 98.50 min. Carried a 1-meter-resolution Earth surveillance camera..


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