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Strela-3M 1
Communications
Production Corporation Polyot(NP)Commercial
Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
Direct-GEOorbit
Strela-3M (also known as Rodnik-S) is an improved version of the Strela-3 military communications satellites. The first one was launched on 21.12.2005 on a Kosmos-3M booster together with a Gonets-M satellite, which represents the civilian version. Later satellites were launched on Rokot-KM boosters.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at 7:34 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,746
NP Mission
#49
Pad Launch
#204
Location Launch
#1,546
Designator
2005-048
Launch Window
NET
Dec 21, 2005, 7:34 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Dec 21, 2005, 10:34 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778