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Kosmos 3

Launch vehicle · Russia

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R-14/Kosmos 3M
R-14/Kosmos 3M

Russian orbital launch vehicle. In 1961 Isayev and Reshetnev developed the Voskhod space launch system on the basis of the R-14 IRBM. The initial version of the two stage rocket was designated Kosmos-1. The first 'Voskhod' launch complex was at Baikonur, a modification of one of the pads at the R-16 ICBM launch complex 41.

More at: Kosmos 3.

Country
Russia
Bibliography
107, 116, 2, 272, 276, 279, 296, 42, 445, 474, 475, 476, 552, 554, 567, 6, 79, 81, 89, 99

Chronology

1 event

1964 January 9

LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 3.
  • R-12U and R-14U accepted into military service. - . Nation: Russia. Decree 'On adoption of the R-12U and R-14U shaft versions into armaments' was issued..