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Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program
Kosmos 11K63: DS-U1-IK 1
Satellite designed to investigate the ionosphere.
Thursday, 25 December 1969
Mission Data
🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931
Launch VehicleKosmos 11K63
Vehicle FamilyKosmos
Vehicle Record118 of 126 launches (93.7%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)
Success Streak17 consecutive
Mission TypeEarth Science
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad86/4
Location🇷🇺 Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#126
Agency Launches This Year#81
Launches From This Pad24
Launches From This Site101
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Kosmos 11K63
The Kosmos rockets were a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles.
Launch Site
86/4 · 48.5694°N 46.2932°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.