# Roscosmos Kosmos 3m
*launch services*

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

## Specifications
- **vehicle family**: Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- **payload to leo kg**: 1500
- **entity type**: launch_service
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-16
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: roscosmos
- **attributes**: {"vehicle_family":"Kosmos-3M (11K65M)","payload_to_leo_kg":1500,"description":"Retired Soviet/Russian Kosmos-3M light launch vehicle, used for LEO and SSO payloads from 1967 until its final 2010 launch."}

## Editorial
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.[^russian-spaceweb-kosmos3][^space-stats-kosmos3m][^rocketlaunch-kosmos3m]

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.[^russian-spaceweb-kosmos3][^space-stats-kosmos3m] Payload performance was about 1,500 kg to low Earth orbit.[^space-stats-kosmos3m][^rocketlaunch-kosmos3m]

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.[^russian-spaceweb-kosmos3][^space-stats-kosmos3m][^spaceflightnow-kosmos-2010]

## Compositional position
- topsat (missions) --[related]--> Roscosmos Kosmos 3m

## Sources
- [russian-spaceweb-kosmos3] | Cosmos-1, 3, 3M and 3MU / SL-8, RussianSpaceWeb | https://www.russianspaceweb.com/cosmos3.html | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16
- [spaceflightnow-kosmos-2010] | Russian military satellite successfully sent to orbit, Spaceflight Now | https://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1004/27kosmos/ | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-16 | published=2010-04-27
- [space-stats-kosmos3m] | Kosmos-3M, Space Stats | https://spacestatsonline.com/rockets/kosmos3m/ | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16
- [rocketlaunch-kosmos3m] | Kosmos-3M (11K65M) Vehicle Overview, RocketLaunch.org | https://rocketlaunch.org/launch-providers/russian-space-forces/kosmos-3m-11k65m | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-16

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