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Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program
Kosmos-3M: Tsikada 5
Civilian navigation satellite equivalent to the purely military Parus
Wednesday, 11 April 1979
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#31
Agency Launches This Year#25
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.