R-12 (Kosmos 2(M)) Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-77) Page 1 of 2: R-12 Variants L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) R-12* Kosmos Kosmos R-12 R-12 IRBM 63S1 11K63 Orbit Totals (2) (2M) Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------- 1957 2(0) - - - - 2(0) 1958 - - - - - - 1959 3(1) - - - - 3(1) 1960 - - - - - - 1961 6(0) 2(2) - - 2(2) 8(2) 1962 1(0) 8(1) - - 8(1) 9(1) 1963 1(0) 8(4) - - 8(4) 9(4) 1964 - 8(1) - - 8(1) 8(1) 1965 - 7(3) 3(0) - 10(3) 10(3) 1966 - 4(1) 4(0) - 8(1) 8(1) 1967 - 1(0) 12(0) - 13(0) 13(0) 1968 - - 17(1) - 17(1) 17(1) 1969 1(0) - 15(1) - 15(1) 16(1) 1970 - - 20(2) - 20(2) 20(2) 1971 - - 14(2) - 14(2) 14(2) 1972 - - 13(1) - 13(1) 13(1) 1973 - - 10(0) - 10(0) 10(0) 1974 - - 7(1) - 7(1) 7(1) 1975 - - 5(0) - 5(0) 5(0) 1976 - - 4(0) - 4(0) 4(0) 1977 - - 2(0) - 2(0) 2(0) 1978 - - - - - - 1979 - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------- R-12* Kosmos Kosmos R-12 R-12 IRBM 63S1 11K63 Orbit Totals (2) (2M) Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 14(1) - - - - 14(1) Orbit - 38(12) 126(8) - - 164(20) Total - - - - - 178(21) ----------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * Suborbital Test 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" Last Update 11/18/2003 by Ed Kyle