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Kosmos 11K65

Strategic Rocket Forces · Kosmos · RETIRED

Kosmos 11K65 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Strategic Rocket Forces. It stands 26.0 m tall, lifts 1,400 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 16 November 1966. It has flown 4 times with 2 successes, a success rate of 50.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height26.0 m
Diameter2.4 m
Payload to LEO1,400 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight16 November 1966
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights4
Successful2
Failed2
Success rate50.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant11K65

About Kosmos 11K65

The Kosmos rockets were a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Kosmos 11K65 is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Beatplanet im Kosmos 3
Beatplanet im Kosmos 3bastpless · CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
MyriaKosmos 3
MyriaKosmos 3author DrGML; artist Leda Luss Luyken painted and photographed the artwork · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Hotel Kosmos 3
Hotel Kosmos 3Pel Laurens · CC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Kosmos 11K65 flown?
4 times, with 2 successes and 2 failures.
What is Kosmos 11K65's success rate?
50.0%. That's 2 successful flights out of 4 attempts.
How much can Kosmos 11K65 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Kosmos 11K65 at 1,400 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Kosmos 11K65 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Kosmos 11K65 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.