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Kosmos 11K65

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Kosmos 8K63 LV Credit: � Mark Wade

AKA: 11K65; C-1; Kosmos 3; SL-8. Status: Retired 1968. First Launch: 1966-11-16. Last Launch: 1968-08-27. Number: 6 . Payload: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Thrust: 1,477.82 kN (332,227 lbf). Gross mass: 107,500 kg (236,900 lb). Height: 26.30 m (86.20 ft). Diameter: 2.40 m (7.80 ft). Apogee: 400 km (240 mi).

LEO Payload: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb) to a 400 km orbit. Payload: 700 kg (1,540 lb) to a 1,600 km orbit. Launch Price $: 10.000 million in 1994 dollars.

Stage Data - Kosmos 11K65

• Stage 1. 1 x Kosmos-1. Gross Mass: 87,200 kg (192,200 lb). Empty Mass: 5,300 kg (11,600 lb). Thrust (vac): 1,740.023 kN (391,173 lbf). Isp: 292 sec. Burn time: 130 sec. Isp(sl): 248 sec. Diameter: 2.40 m (7.80 ft). Span: 4.40 m (14.40 ft). Length: 22.40 m (73.40 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH. No Engines: 1. Engine: RD-216. Other designations: Skean; SS-5; R-14; 8K65; 65; 11K65. Status: In Production. Comments: Launch count 411 orbital and ca. 300 suborbital to end 1994. Failures based on proration of failures to orbit.

• Stage 2. 1 x Kosmos-2. Gross Mass: 20,135 kg (44,390 lb). Empty Mass: 1,435 kg (3,163 lb). Thrust (vac): 156.000 kN (35,070 lbf). Isp: 303 sec. Burn time: 375 sec. Diameter: 2.40 m (7.80 ft). Span: 2.40 m (7.80 ft). Length: 6.00 m (19.60 ft). Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH. No Engines: 1. Engine: 11D49. Other designations: S3. Status: In Production. Comments: Launch count 411 orbital and ca. 300 suborbital to end 1994. Failures based on proration of failures to orbit.

Family: orbital launch vehicle. Country: Russia. Engines: RD-216, 11D49. Spacecraft: Strela-2. Projects: Strela. Launch Sites: Baikonur, Baikonur LC41/15. Stages: S3, Kosmos-1. Agency: AKO Polyot.

• Strela-2 - . Mass: 800 kg (1,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KAUR-1. Spacecraft: Strela-2.

• Cosmos 151 - . Mass: 875 kg (1,929 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KAUR-1. Spacecraft: Strela-2. Decay Date: 1991-05-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 2720 . COSPAR: 1967-027A. Apogee: 399 km (247 mi). Perigee: 384 km (238 mi). Inclination: 56.0000 deg. Period: 92.40 min. Possible test flight..

• VKZ - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 4,400 km (2,700 mi).

• VKZ - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 4,000 km (2,400 mi).

• Strela-2 - . Mass: 800 kg (1,760 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KAUR-1. Spacecraft: Strela-2.

• Cosmos 236 - . Mass: 875 kg (1,929 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MO. Program: Strela. Class: Communications. Type: Military store-dump communications satellite. Spacecraft Bus: KAUR-1. Spacecraft: Strela-2. Decay Date: 1990-03-04 . USAF Sat Cat: 3347 . COSPAR: 1968-070A. Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). Perigee: 340 km (210 mi). Inclination: 56.1000 deg. Period: 91.40 min. Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space..