launch services

Roscosmos Kosmos 3m

Missions → CHAMP , UK-DMC (Ended) , TopSat (Ended) , NigeriaSat-1 (Ended) , AlSat-1 (Ended) , BILSAT-1 (Ended)

Retired Soviet/Russian Kosmos-3M light launch vehicle, used for LEO and SSO payloads from 1967 until its final 2010 launch.

Kosmos-3M (11K65M) was a Soviet and later Russian two-stage light orbital launch vehicle used mainly for LEO and SSO payloads from Plesetsk and Kapustin Yar.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Roscosmos and Russian Space Forces were the provider side for this historical launch service; the vehicle's industrial background included Yuzhnoye heritage design and PO Polyot production in Omsk.^[1]^[2] Payload performance was about 1,500 kg to low Earth orbit.^[2]^[3]

Kosmos-3M operated from 1967-05-15 to 2010-04-27 and was retired in 2010. The 11K65M variant was declared operational in 1970, and its final recorded launch was 2010-04-27.^[1]^[2]^[4]

Supply chain position

launched CHAMP

launched UK-DMC

launched TopSat

launched NigeriaSat-1

launched AlSat-1

launched BILSAT-1

related to TopSat

Sources

[1]Cosmos-1, 3, 3M and 3MU / SL-8, RussianSpaceWebcommunity-2026-06-16
[2]Kosmos-3M, Space Statscommunity-2026-06-16
[3]Kosmos-3M (11K65M) Vehicle Overview, RocketLaunch.orgcommunity-2026-06-16
[4]Russian military satellite successfully sent to orbit, Spaceflight Nowthird party2010-04-272026-06-16

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@misc{eoatlas:launch_services:roscosmos-kosmos-3m,
  title = {Roscosmos Kosmos 3m},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/launch_services/roscosmos-kosmos-3m}
}