The Kosmos-3 was a Soviet

Soviet Union

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 carrier rocket, derived from the R-14 missile, which was used to orbit satellites between 1966 and 1968. It was quickly replaced by the modernised Kosmos-3M. Six were flown, four as orbital carrier rockets, and two on sub-orbital flights. All launches occurred from Site 41/15 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome

The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...

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The Kosmos-3 made its maiden flight on 16 November 1966, carrying a Strela-2

Strela (satellite)

Strela is a Russian military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit.-History:The first three satellites, Kosmos 38 , Kosmos 39 and Kosmos 40 , were launched on 18 August 1964...

 satellite. Strela-2 satellites were flown on four flights, two of which failed. Two further, sub-orbital launches were conducted with VKZ payloads, both of which were successful.

Launch history

Date/Time (GMT)	Payload	Trajectory	Outcome	Remarks
16 November 1966, 13:00	Strela-2 Strela (satellite) Strela is a Russian military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit.-History:The first three satellites, Kosmos 38 , Kosmos 39 and Kosmos 40 , were launched on 18 August 1964...	LEO Low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km...  (planned)	Failure	Cause of failure unknown
24 March 1967, 11:50	Kosmos 151 (Strela-2 Strela (satellite) Strela is a Russian military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit.-History:The first three satellites, Kosmos 38 , Kosmos 39 and Kosmos 40 , were launched on 18 August 1964... )	LEO Low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km...	Successful
12 October 1967, 14:15	VKZ	Suborbital	Successful	Apogee: 4400 kilometres (2,734 mi)
28 March 1968	VKZ	Suborbital	Successful	Apogee: 4000 kilometres (2,485.5 mi)
15 June 1968	Strela-2 Strela (satellite) Strela is a Russian military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit.-History:The first three satellites, Kosmos 38 , Kosmos 39 and Kosmos 40 , were launched on 18 August 1964...	LEO Low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km...  (planned)	Failure	Cause of failure unknown
27 August 1968, 11:29	Kosmos 236 (Strela-2 Strela (satellite) Strela is a Russian military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit.-History:The first three satellites, Kosmos 38 , Kosmos 39 and Kosmos 40 , were launched on 18 August 1964... )	LEO Low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km...	Successful