Launch FailureSoviet Space Program

Kosmos-2I 63S1: DS-K-40 1

Name: Kosmos-2I 63S1: DS-K-40 1
Start: 1965-12-28T08:10:00Z
End: 1965-12-28T08:10:00Z
Location: 86/1

DS-K-40 was a series of experimental ELINT satellites developed by Yuzhnoye to test technologies for the Tselina-O program.

Tuesday, 28 December 1965

Mission Data

🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931

Launch VehicleKosmos-2I

Vehicle FamilyKosmos

Vehicle Record26 of 38 launches (68.4%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)

Success Streak17 consecutive

Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch Pad86/1

Location🇷🇺 Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation RUS

Orbital Launches This Year#123

Agency Launches This Year#53

Launches From This Pad26

Launches From This Site101

Status Note

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

Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977.

86/1 · 48.5694°N 46.2932°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.