Launch FailureSoviet Space Program

Kosmos 11K63: DS-U1-Ya 1

Name: Kosmos 11K63: DS-U1-Ya 1
Start: 1968-03-06T11:02:57Z
End: 1968-03-06T11:02:57Z
Location: 86/4

Satellite designed to investigate cosmic rays and flows of charged particles in the Earth's magnetosphere.

Wednesday, 6 March 1968

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#19

Agency Launches This Year#10

Launches From This Pad24

Launches From This Site101

Status Note

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

The Kosmos rockets were a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles.

86/4 · 48.5694°N 46.2932°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.