R-12 (Kosmos 2(M)) Launch Vehicle Flight History Page 2 of 2
                        Comprehensive Orbital Failure List

Date        Vehicle          ID      Site       Payload             Failure Description                      Result#
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10/27/1961  Kosmos 63S1              KY M2      DS-1                1st stg failed                             FTO
12/21/1961  Kosmos 63S1              KY M2      DS-1                2nd stg failed at 345 sec                  FTO
10/20/1962  Kosmos 63S1              KY M2      DS-A1               failed to orbit                            FTO
4/6/1963    Kosmos 63S1              KY M2      DS-P1               1st stg failed                             FTO
6/1/1963    Kosmos 63S1              KY M2      DS-MT               1st stg failed at 4 sec                    FTO
8/22/1963   Kosmos 63S1              KY M2      DS-A1               1st stg failed                             FTO
10/24/1963  Kosmos 63S1              KY M2      DS-A1               2nd stg failed at 353 sec                  FTO
12/1/1964   Kosmos 63S1              KY 86/1    DS-2                Payload shroud failed to separate          FTO
2/12/1965   Kosmos 63S1              KY 86/1    DS-P1-Yu            2nd stg failed                             FTO
2/20/1965   Kosmos 63S1              KY 86/1    DS-A1               1st stg failed at 64 sec                   FTO
12/28/1965  Kosmos 63S1              KY 86/1    DS-K-40             1st stg failed                             FTO
2/21/1966   Kosmos 63S1              KY 86/1    DS-K-40             1st stg failed at 83 sec                   FTO
3/6/1968    Kosmos 11K63             KY 86/4    DS-U1-Ya            2nd stg failed at 216 sec                  FTO
7/23/1969   Kosmos 11K63             PL 133/1   DS-P1-Yu            2nd stg failed at 267 sec                  FTO
1/30/1970   Kosmos 11K63             PL 133/1   DS-P1-I             2nd stg failed at 128 sec                  FTO
5/22/1970   Kosmos 11K63             PL 133/1   DS-P1-Yu            1st stg failed at 112 sec                  FTO
3/5/1971    Kosmos 11K63             KY 86/4    DS-P1-Yu            2nd stg failed at 133 sec                  FTO
8/3/1971    Kosmos 11K63             PL 133/1   DS-P1-I             2nd stg failed at 204 sec                  FTO
4/25/1972   Kosmos 11K63             PL 133/1   DS-P1-Yu            2nd stg failed at 367 sec                  FTO
7/11/1974   Kosmos 11K63             PL 133/1   DS-P1-Yu            1st stg failed at 84 sec                   FTO
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Footnotes:

#  FTO:  Failed to Orbit
   (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
   (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
   (LEO):  Unintended Low Earth Orbit

"DS" = Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik, a series of small (0.03 to 0.4 ton) 
        experimental satellites built in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, 
        launched by Kosmos launchers
"KY" = Kapustin Yar, Russia
"PL" = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome, Russia


References:

Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html"
Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/"
Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"
TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. 

Last Update 11/17/2003 by Ed Kyle