Kosmos (rocket family)

The Kosmos (also spelled Cosmos, Russian: Ко́смос) rockets were a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles,[1][2] the best known of which is the Kosmos-3M, which has made over 440 launches. The Kosmos family contained a number of rockets, both carrier rockets and sounding rockets, for orbital and sub-orbital spaceflight respectively. The first variant, the Kosmos-2I, first flew on 27 October 1961. Over 700 Kosmos rockets have been launched overall.

Variants

Designation GRAU index Purpose Derived from Maiden flight Final flight Remarks
Kosmos [3] 63S1 Carrier rocket R-12 27 October 1961 19 December 1967
Kosmos-1 65S3 Carrier rocket R-14 18 August 1964 28 December 1965
Kosmos-2M 63S1M Both R-12
Kosmos-2I 11K63 Carrier rocket R-12 24 May 1966 18 June 1977
Kosmos-3 11K65 Carrier rocket R-14 16 November 1966 27 August 1968
Kosmos-3M 11K65M Carrier rocket R-14 15 May 1967 27 April 2010
Kosmos-3MR 65MR Sounding rocket R-14 1 January 1973 Active
Kosmos-3MP 65MP Sounding rocket R-14
Kosmos-3MRB 65MRB Sounding rocket R-14 5 December 1980 21 June 1988

Launches

See also

References

  1. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  2. Wade, Mark. "Kosmos 3". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  3. "Kosmos / Kosmos-2". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 22 June 2019.


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