Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

Kosmos 65S3: Strela-1 1,2,3

Name: Kosmos 65S3: Strela-1 1,2,3
Start: 1964-08-18T09:15:00Z
End: 1964-08-18T09:15:00Z
Location: 41/15

The Strela-1 satellites were prototype store-dump communications satellites for tactical communication.

Tuesday, 18 August 1964

Kosmos 65S3

Mission Data

🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931

Launch VehicleKosmos 65S3

Vehicle FamilyKosmos

Vehicle Record7 of 8 launches (87.5%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)

Success Streak17 consecutive

Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch Pad41/15

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#55

Agency Launches This Year#22

Launches From This Pad12

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

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

The Kosmos rockets were a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles.

41/15 · 45.9760°N 63.6668°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.