Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

Kosmos-3M: Tselina-O 16

Name: Kosmos-3M: Tselina-O 16
Start: 1972-11-03T01:34:00Z
End: 1972-11-03T01:34:00Z
Location: 132/1 (132L)

The Tselina-O (11F616) was one component of two-satellite Tselina ELINT satellite system. Tselina-O provided general ELINT surveillance to be examined in detail by the larger Tselina-D satellites.

Friday, 3 November 1972

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 TypeGovernment/Top Secret

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch Pad132/1 (132L)

Location🇷🇺 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation RUS

Orbital Launches This Year#96

Agency Launches This Year#70

Launches From This Pad212

Launches From This Site1,689

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Site

132/1 (132L) · 62.8832°N 40.8685°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.