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Kosmos-3M
Launched 2005-12-21 19:34:20 UTC132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
52nd
orbital launch attempt in 2005
Production Corporation Polyot
3rd
launch this year
132/1 (132L)
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
55 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
Strela-3M (also known as Rodnik-S) is an improved version of the Strela-3 military communications satellites. The first one was launched on 21.12.2005 on a Kosmos-3M booster together with a Gonets-M satellite, which represents the civilian version. Later satellites were launched on Rokot-KM boosters.
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