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Launch FailureSoviet Space Program
Kosmos 11K65: Strela-2 2
The Strela-2 satellites were prototypes of the second component of the Strela store-dump communication system. It consisted of larger single satellites.
Wednesday, 16 November 1966
Mission Data
🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931
Launch VehicleKosmos 11K65
Vehicle FamilyKosmos
Vehicle Record2 of 4 launches (50%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)
Success Streak17 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad41/15
Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ
Orbital Launches This Year#116
Agency Launches This Year#45
Launches From This Pad12
Launches From This Site1,565
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
About Kosmos 11K65
The Kosmos rockets were a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles.
Launch Site
41/15 · 45.9760°N 63.6668°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.