Kosmos-3M | Strela-3M 1
Status: Success | Launched: Dec 21, 2005 19:34 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Production Corporation Polyot (Commercial)
- Rocket: Kosmos-3M (11K65M) — Kosmos family
Mission
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.
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: 132/1 (132L)
- Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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