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3 Crew Lifeboat - American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1959. Three crew bailout lifeboat separable, not re-entry capable, short duration. Mass per crew 239 kg. Status: Study 1959. Gross mass: 716 kg (1,578 lb).

3 Crew Lifeboat Long Term - American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1959. Three crew lifeboat capsule, separable, not re-entry capable, long duration. For use on Mars/Venus expedition. Mass per crew 511 kg. Status: Study 1959. Gross mass: 1,533 kg (3,379 lb).

3 Crew Lifting Re-Entry Concept - American manned rescue spacecraft. Study 1960. Three crew lifting re-entry capsule. Orbital escape - no abort capability. Mass per crew 434 kg. Status: Study 1960. Gross mass: 1,303 kg (2,872 lb).

3 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x TX-500 + 1 x TX-454 + 1 x TX-239 - Alternate designation for Spartan ABM.

3.0KS4000 - Alternate designation for Hopi 3.0KS4000 Solid rocket engine.

3.5-Inch Rockets - American Air-Launched 3.5-Inch Rockets.

30% Beryllium+Pentaborane in 70% Hydrazine - High performance fuel developed in Russia. Never flown due to toxicity. The concept of using beryllium and pentaborane in fuels for both rockets and advanced aircraft was popular in the early 1960's (so-called 'zip' fuels, as intended for the American B-70 bomber, for example). However while performance was improved by as much as 50%, the engine exhaust was toxic. No such engines ever reached production.

30.1-KS-5,500 - Alternate designation for Altair 3B Solid rocket engine.

30.5 inch Rocket MK 1 - Alternate name of BOAR 30.5-inch Rocket MK 1.

300 inch solid - Notional solid rocket engine. Study 1963. Operational date would have been April 1973 Used on Nova MM 14A launch vehicle. Solid propellant rocket stage. Operational date would have been April 1973. Nova MM 14A first stage. Status: Study 1963. Thrust: 63,595.00 kN (14,296,724 lbf). More at: Solid

300LR-200 - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine. Development begun January 1943. Planned successor to XCALT-6000, developed under 'Project X' for the Northrop XP-79 Flying Wing rocket fighter. First flight 1945. Date: January 1943. Thrust: 882 N (198 lbf). More at: Nitric acid/Amine

300th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1967-2001.

302nd Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1966-on.

303rd Missile Regiment - Operated 12 R-12 missiles on 8 pads and 4 silos 1962-1982.

304th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1961-1978; moved to Yurya; operated 9 Pioner launchers 1979-1984; 9 Topol launchers 1985-on.

305th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1962-1989.

306th Missile Regiment - Operated 12 R-12 pads 1960-1980; 9 Pioner launchers 1981-1989; 9 Topol launchers 1991-1994.

307th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads and 4 silos 1962-1982. Transferred to Barnaul, operated 9 Pioner launchers 1983-1990, then 9 Topol launchers 1992-on.

308th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1961-1978; transferred to Nizhniy Tagil; operated 9 Pioner launchers 1979-1985; 9 Topol launchers 1985-2003..

309th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1960-1968. Moved to Pervomaisk, operated UR-100 missiles 1969- 1997.

30AL-1000 - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine. Development begun March 1947. Boeing surface-to-air missile, which would evolve into Bomarc and reach IOC in 1959. First Launch: March 1947. Thrust: 4.41 kN (991 lbf). More at: Nitric acid/Amine

30-KS-8000 - Manufacturer's designation of Alcor Solid rocket engine.

30th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated R-12 missiles from 8 pads and 4 silos 1962-1989.

311th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36, R-36M silos 1968-1992.

312th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

313th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1967-1992.

314th Missile Regiment - Operated 2 R-16 pads 1964-1969; 10 UR-100 missiles 1970-1985.

316GK - Alternate name for Mir-Shuttle Docking Module.

316GK SM - Manufacturer's designation for Mir-Shuttle Docking Module manned space station.

317th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

318th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Activated 1960 in Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR. S-75 (SA-2) missiles S-75 (SA-2) missiles - abandoned late 1960's. S-200 (SA-5) launchers.

319th Missile Regiment - Operated 10 UR-100, MR-UR-100 silos 1968-1989.

31KS - Manufacturer's designation for Nauka earth magnetosphere satellite.

31st Missile Regiment - Operated UR-100, UR-100NU silos 1967-1997. Operated 10 Topol-M2 silos 1999-on.

32.02-KS-38 - Alternate designation for Star 5A Solid rocket engine.

320th Missile Regiment - Operated 10 UR-100, MR-UR-100 silos 1968-1989.

321st Missile Regiment - Operated Topol missiles 1985- 21 .

322nd Missile Regiment - Operated 10 UR-100, UR-100NU silos 1967-on.

323rd Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 missiles 1961-1989.

324th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 missiles from pads 1960-1989.

325 in solid - Notional solid rocket engine. Study 1963. Recoverable motors; separation at 1,972 m/s at 53,000 m altitude; splashdown using retrorockets under 3 61 m diameter parachutes 610 km downrange. Solid propellant rocket stage. Massed estimated based on tank volumes, total thrust, and first stage burnout conditions. Recoverable stage; separation at 1,972 m/s at 53,000 m altitude; splashdown using retrorockets under 3 61 m diameter parachutes 610 km downrange. Status: Study 1963. Thrust: 69,047.00 kN (15,522,383 lbf). More at: Solid

329th Missile Regiment - Operated 4 R-9 pads 1964-1969.

32B - Russian surface-to-air missile. Alternate missile developed for the S-25 system. Technically superior but not put into production, it led to the S-75 and later Soviet surface-to-air missiles.

330th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 missiles from pads 1960-1987.

332nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

33rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Vilga, Karelian ASSR, 1960 - 1993 S-75 (SA-2) missiles S-75 (SA-2) missiles; S-200V (SA-5) launchers

34.35-KS-6,010 - Alternate designation for Star 27 Solid rocket engine.

341st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Lopukhinka, Leningrad Oblast, 1963 - 1993 S-200 (SA-5) launchers

342nd Missile Regiment - Operated 2 R-16 pads 1964-1969. Operated 10 UR-100, MR-UR-100 silos 1969-1990.

344th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated R-14 missiles from 4 pads and 6 silos at Pirekule, Latvia, 1962-1983. Transferred to Irkutsk and operated 9 Topol' launchers from 1988.

345th Rocket Regiment - Operated 9 Pioner missiles 1981-1988. Transferred to Irkutsk 1989, operated 9 Topol' launchers 1989-2006.

346 rocketplane - Russian manned rocketplane. 4 flights from 1946. Post-war Soviet version of the German supersonic DFS 8-346 rocket reconnaissance aircraft. Abandoned in 1951 after the prototype crashed. Status: Cancelled 1951. Gross mass: 5,230 kg (11,530 lb). Unfuelled mass: 3,330 kg (7,340 lb).

346th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads and 4 silos 1962-1976; 9 Pioner missiles 1977- 1990; 9 Topol' launchers 1991-1993; transferred to Kansk 1994 and converted to 55th Guards Missile Regiment.

34KS - Alternate name of Foton-M 1, 2, 3 (34KS).

34KSM - Alternate name of Foton-M 4, 5 (34KSM).

34th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

351st Missile Regiment - Operated R-12 pads and 4 silos 1961-1982; followed by 9 Pioner launchers 1984-1991.

352nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

353rd Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36-O missiles 1971-1983.

355th Missile Regiment - Operated 10 UR-100 silos 1973-1983; RT-23 silo-based version 1990-2001.

356th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Sharya, Kostroma Oblast, April 1968 - December 1993 S-75 (SA-2) missiles S-75 (SA-2) missiles, S-200V (SA-5) launchers - never completed

357th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 2 R-16 pads and 3 silos 1963-1977; 9 Pioner missiles 1981-1989; 9 Topol launchers 1990-2012; 9 Yars launchers 2012-on.

35AL - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine series developed 1942-1945 for Northrop XP-79 flying wing rocket fighter.

364th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

365th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

367th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1966-2001.

368th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1966-on.

369th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1960-1974; 9 Pioner launchers 1976-1989; 9 Topol launchers 1989-1994.

36KS - Manufacturer's designation for Efir earth magnetosphere satellite.

371st Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Kosterevo, Vladimir Oblast, 1972 - 2.93 S-75 (SA-2) missiles S-75 (SA-2) missiles; S-200V (SA-5) launchers

372nd Missile Regiment - Operated 10 UR-100, UR-100NU silos 1968-2008.

373rd Missile Regiment - Operated 10 UR-100, UR-100NU missiles 1968-on.

374th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

375th Missile Regiment - Operated 6 R-36;R-36M missiles 1966-2001.

376th Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 12 R-12 pads 1960-1980. Operated 9 Pioner launchers 1981-1989. Operated 9 Topol' silos 1989-1993.

377th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Polotsk Vitebsk Oblast, 1960 - 1992 S-75 (SA-2) missiles S-75 (SA-2) missiles; S-200 (SA-5) launchers

37K - Russian manned space station module family.

37KB - Russian manned space station module. Carried in the payload bay of the Buran space shuttle. They could remain attached to the bay or (modified to the 37KBI configuration) be docked to the Mir-2 station. Status: Operational 1988. First Launch: 1988-11-15. Last Launch: 1988-11-15. Number: 1 . Gross mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb).

37KE - Alternate name for Kvant.

37K-Mir - Russian manned space station. Cancelled 1983. The basic 37K design consisted of a 4.2 m diameter pressurized cylinder with a docking port at the forward end. It was not equipped with its own propulsion system. Status: Cancelled 1983. Gross mass: 20,000 kg (44,000 lb). Payload: 5,000 kg (11,000 lb). More at: N2O4/UDMH

37KS - Russian manned space station module. Cancelled 1983. Would have been launched by Proton and delivered and docked to the Mir station by a new lighter weight FGO tug. Status: Cancelled 1983. Gross mass: 20,000 kg (44,000 lb). Payload: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb).

37th Missile Regiment - Operated UR-100 missiles 1966-2002.

380th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Verkhnevolskiy, Vologda Oblast, July 1966 - 1993 S-200 (SA-5) launchers

382nd Guards Missile Regiment - Operated 4 R-16 pads 1963-1976; 9 Pioner missiles 1977-1998; 9 Topol launchers 1989-on.

387th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

388th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

389th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

38ALDW-1500 - Aerojet Nitric acid/Amine rocket engine. Development begun July 1943. Regeneratively cooled. Also a few 45ALDW-1500 were built. Droppable version. First flight 1945. Date: July 1943. Thrust: 6.66 kN (1,497 lbf). More at: Nitric acid/Amine

390th Missile Regiment - Operated 4 R-9 pads 1965-1975.

392nd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Activated July 1961 in Uman, Cherkassy Oblast, from the 113th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. Operational 1961 - 1992. S-75 (SA-2), S-200 (SA-5) launchers.

393rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

394A1 - Alternate name for Vandenberg LF02.

394A2 - Alternate name for Vandenberg LF03.

394A3 - Alternate name for Vandenberg LF04.

394A4 - Alternate name for Vandenberg LF05.

394A5 - Alternate name for Vandenberg LF06.

394A6 - Alternate name for Vandenberg LF07.

394A7 - Alternate name for Vandenberg LF08.

394th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Soviet anti-aircraft missile regiment.

396th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1961-1971; 9 Pioner missiles 1976-1988; 9 Topol launchers 1989-1994.

398th Missile Regiment - Operated 8 R-12 pads 1960-1977; operated 9 Pioner launchers 1977-1989.

399th Missile Regiment - Operated 2 R-16 missiles 1964-1968. Operated 9 Temp-S missiles from 1968, at which time transferred to Soviet Army.

39th Missile Regiment - Operated 2 R-9 pads 1964-1975.

3Cat 1 - Technology satellite built by Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC)) for Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC), Spain. Cubesat 1U bus. Gross mass: 1.00 kg (2.20 lb).

3Cat 2 - Technology satellite for Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC), Spain. Launched 2016. Cubesat 6U bus. First Launch: 2016-08-15. Last Launch: 2016-08-15. Number: 1 . Gross mass: 7.00 kg (15.40 lb).

3CSat - American technology satellite. The Three-Corner Sat mission was to obtain stereo images of clouds and test artificial intelligence software. Technology satellite built by Arizona State University (ASU) (#Sparky), University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) (#Ralphie), New Mexico State University (NMSU) (#Petey) for Arizona State University (ASU), University of Colorado at Boulder (CU), New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA. Launched 2004.Launched 2004. Status: Operational 2004. First Launch: 2004-12-21. Last Launch: 2004-12-21. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 16 kg (35 lb).

3D65 - Government designation of RD-866 N2O4-UDMH rocket engine.

3-Diamonds 1, 2, 3 - Communications satellite built by GOMSpace for Sky and Space Global, U.K., Israel, Australia. Launched 2017. Cubesat 3U bus. First Launch: 2017-05-25. Last Launch: 2017-05-25. Number: 3 . Gross mass: 6.00 kg (13.20 lb).

3-DS-47000 - Hercules solid rocket engine. X-17 HTV first stage. Status: Retired 1955. Gross mass: 700 kg (1,540 lb). Thrust: 209.00 kN (46,985 lbf). More at: Solid

3KA - Manufacturer's designation for Vostok manned spacecraft.

3KD - Manufacturer's designation for Voskhod manned spacecraft.

3KV - Alternate designation for Voskhod manned spacecraft.

3KZh - Manufacturer's designation for Vostok-Zh manned spacecraft.

3M17 - Article number for R-31.

3M20 - Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile. First flight 1979. Four unsuccessful tests in 1980, two successful in 1981. Development completed 1983. SLBM on Typhoon subs. Gross mass: 81,000 kg (178,000 lb). Payload: 2,270 kg (5,000 lb).

3M30 - Article number for Bulava.

3M37 - Article number for R-29RM.

3M40 - Article number for R-29R.

3M41 - Article number for S-300F.

3M54 - Russian anti-ship missile. New ship- and aircraft-launched antiship cruise missile. Status: Operational 2001. Gross mass: 2,500 kg (5,500 lb).

3M65 - Article number for R-39.

3M65 - First flight 1983. As of March 1986 only Russian SLBM in production. Gross mass: 90,000 kg (198,000 lb). Payload: 2,270 kg (5,000 lb).

3M65 - Article number for R-29RL.

3M65M - Article number for R-39M.

3M9 - Article number for Kub.

3M91 - Article number for R-39UTTKh.

3M91 - Article number for R-39M.

3M9M / 9M9 - Article number for Kub.

3MV - Alternate designation for Venera 3MV-1.

3MV - Family of spacecraft.

3MV-1 - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 3MV-1 Venus probe.

3MV-1A - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 3MV-1A Venus probe.

3MV-3 - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 3MV-3 Venus probe.

3MV-4 - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 3MV-4 Venus probe.

3MV-4A - Manufacturer's designation for Mars 3MV-4A mars flyby probe.

3R1 - Article number for Mars tactical rocket.

3R10 - Russian tactical ballistic rocket. Gross mass: 2,249 kg (4,958 lb). Payload: 450 kg (990 lb).

3R2 - Article number for Filin.

3R65 - Article number for 3M20.

3R9 - Russian tactical ballistic rocket. Gross mass: 1,999 kg (4,407 lb). Payload: 250 kg (550 lb).

3R9 - Article number for Frog 5.

3V - Alternate designation for Venera 3V (V-70).

3V (V-70) - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 3V (V-70) Venus probe.

3V (V-72) - Manufacturer's designation for Venera 3V (V-72) Venus probe.

3xBaby Sergeant - Alternate name for Juno II-3.

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