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Launch FailureSoviet Space Program
Kosmos-3M: Parus 16
Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system
Wednesday, 20 December 1978
Mission Data
🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931
Launch VehicleKosmos-3M (11K65M)
Vehicle FamilyKosmos
Vehicle Record423 of 445 launches (95.1%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)
Success Streak17 consecutive
Mission TypeNavigation
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad132/1 (132L)
Location🇷🇺 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#123
Agency Launches This Year#86
Launches From This Pad212
Launches From This Site1,689
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Launch Site
132/1 (132L) · 62.8832°N 40.8685°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.