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Launch FailureSoviet Space Program

Kosmos-3M: Parus 50

Navigation satellite providing location information for the Tsiklon-B navigation system

Wednesday, 23 October 1985
Kosmos-3M: Parus 50

Mission Data

Soviet Space Program
🇷🇺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 Pad133/3 (133L)
Location🇷🇺 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#103
Agency Launches This Year#81
Launches From This Pad159
Launches From This Site1,689
Status Note

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

Launch Site

133/3 (133L) · 62.8870°N 40.8470°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.