R-14 (Kosmos 3(M)) Launch Vehicle Flight History Page 2 of 2 Comprehensive Orbital Failure List Date Vehicle ID Site Payload Failure Description Result# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/23/1964 Kosmos 65S3 01L TB 41/15 3xStrela-1 failed to orbit FTO 11/16/1966 Kosmos 11K65 TB 41/15 Strela-2 failed to orbit FTO 6/26/1967 Kosmos 11K65M PL 132/2 Tselina-O failed to orbit FTO 9/27/1967 Kosmos 11K65M PL 132/2 Tsiklon GVM failed to orbit FTO 6/4/1968 Kosmos 11K65M PL 132/2 Sfera failed to orbit FTO 6/15/1968 Kosmos 11K65 TB 41/15 Strela-2 failed to orbit FTO 12/27/1969 Kosmos 11K65M PL 132/1 Ionosfernaya failed to orbit FTO 6/27/1970 Kosmos 11K65M PL 132/1 Strela-2M failed to orbit FTO 12/22/1970 Kosmos 11K65M 47117-106 PL 132/2 DS-P1-M 1st stg failed T+1 sec FTO 7/22/1971 Kosmos 11K65M Yu149-32 PL 132/2 Tselina-O failed to orbit FTO 10/17/1972 Kosmos 11K65M Yu149-40 PL 132/1 Strela-2M failed to orbit FTO 5/25/1973 Kosmos 11K65M 65024-109 PL 132/1 Tsiklon (Zaliv) failed to orbit FTO 6/26/1973 Kosmos 11K65M Yu47121-16 PL 132/1 Tselina failed to orbit FTO 6/3/1975 Kosmos 11K65M 53721-257 KY 107/2 Intercosmos 14 1st stage failed T+84 sec FTO 12/19/1975 Kosmos 11K65M 53721-263 PL 132/1 DS-P1-M failed to orbit FTO 11/29/1977 Kosmos 11K65M 53721-265 PL 132/1 failed to orbit FTO 12/20/1978 Kosmos 11K65M 47182-425 PL 132/1 Kosmos-1064 failed, incorrect orbit (LEO) 3/4/1982 Kosmos 11K65M 53739-530 KY 107/1 Tailfun-2 (Romb) failed to orbit FTO 6/18/1982 Kosmos 11K65M 53783-460 PL 132/2 Kosmos-1380 2nd stg failed, incorrect orbit (LEO) 8/30/1982 Kosmos 11K65M 65047-236 PL 132/2 Strela-2 failed to orbit FTO 11/24/1982 Kosmos 11K65M 47183-465 PL 132/1 8xStrela-1M failed to orbit FTO 1/25/1983 Kosmos 11K65M 47193-480 PL 132/2 Tailfun-2 (Romb) failed to orbit FTO 10/23/1985 Kosmos 11K65M 65034-135 PL 133/3 Parus failed to orbit FTO 6/25/1991 Kosmos 11K65M 65061-262 PL 132/1 Tailfun-2 (Romb) 2nd stg failure, failed to orbit FTO 10/6/1995 Kosmos 11K65M PL 132/1 Kosmos-2321 2nd stg failure, incorrect orbit (LEO) 11/20/2000 Kosmos 11K65M 47165-631 PL 132/1 QuickBird 1 2nd stg restart failed, unstable orbit (LEO) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: # FTO: Failed to Orbit (EEO): Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit (GTO): Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (LEO): Unintended/Improper 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 12/22/2008 by Ed Kyle