Kosmos Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Kosmos family, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Kosmos made 621 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1961 and 2010. Of those, 576 succeeded and 45 failed. The success rate comes to 93 percent. The busiest year was 1971, with 34 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2010.
621
Launch attempts
576
Successes
45
Failures
93%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
| Year | Attempts | Successes | Failures | Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1997 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 1996 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
| 1995 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% |
| 1994 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 1993 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| 1992 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 1991 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 92% |
| 1990 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100% |
| 1989 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% |
| 1988 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% |
| 1987 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 100% |
| 1986 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 100% |
| 1985 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 92% |
| 1984 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 100% |
| 1983 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 95% |
| 1982 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 83% |
| 1981 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 100% |
| 1980 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100% |
| 1979 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 100% |
| 1978 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 95% |
| 1977 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 97% |
| 1976 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 100% |
| 1975 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 92% |
| 1974 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 96% |
| 1973 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 96% |
| 1972 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 93% |
| 1971 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 91% |
| 1970 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 88% |
| 1969 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 91% |
| 1968 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 88% |
| 1967 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 89% |
| 1966 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% |
| 1965 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 81% |
| 1964 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% |
| 1963 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| 1962 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% |
| 1961 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Variants
Counts for each Kosmos variant recorded in GCAT, at LV_TYPE granularity. Variants with their own page are linked.
| Variant | Flights | Successes | Failures | First year | Last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos 11K65M | 445 | 423 | 22 | 1967 | 2010 |
| Kosmos 11K63 | 126 | 118 | 8 | 1965 | 1977 |
| Kosmos 63S1 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 1961 | 1967 |
| Kosmos 65S3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1964 | 1965 |
| Kosmos 11K65 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1966 | 1968 |
Recent launches
The most recent Kosmos family launches, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Vehicle | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2010 | 2010-017 | 47181-707 : Parus No. 207 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jul 21, 2009 | 2009-039 | 47181-710 : Sterkh No.11L, Parus No. 206 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jul 22, 2008 | 2008-036 | 53752-101 SL : SAR-Lupe 5 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jun 19, 2008 | 2008-031 | 53781-708 KL : Orbcomm FM40, Orbcomm FM37, Orbcomm FM39 +3 more, Orbcomm FM29/CDS-3, Orbcomm FM41, Orbcomm FM38 | Kosmos 11K65M | GTsMP-4 / LC107 | Success |
| Mar 27, 2008 | 2008-014 | 53713-326 SL : SAR-Lupe 4 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Nov 1, 2007 | 2007-053 | 53765-632 SL : Rubin-7-AIS, SAR-Lupe 3 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Sep 11, 2007 | 2007-038 | 53752-108 : Parus No. 205 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jul 2, 2007 | 2007-030 | 47163-313 SL : SAR-Lupe 2 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Dec 19, 2006 | 2006-060 | 53727-226 SL : SAR-Lupe 1 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Dec 21, 2005 | 2005-048 | 53727-232 : Gonets-M No. 11L (M001), Rodnik-S No. 11L | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Oct 27, 2005 | 2005-043 | 47152-104 : Mozhaets-5, Rubin-5, deb SSETI +6 more, Cubesat XI-V, SSETI Express, Sina-1, UWE-1, Topsat, China-DMC | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jan 20, 2005 | 2005-002 | 47106-411 : Universitetskiy/Tatiana, Parus No. 204 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Sep 23, 2004 | 2004-037 | 53779-811 : Strela-3 No. 154L (454), Strela-3 No. 149L (49) | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jul 22, 2004 | 2004-028 | 53779-805 : Parus No. 203 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Sep 27, 2003 | 2003-042 | 65052-103 : Rubin-4-DSI, KAISTSAT-4, Larets No. 313 +4 more, DMC BILSAT-1, DMC BNSCSat-1, DMC NigeriaSat-1, Mozhaets-4 No. 208 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Aug 19, 2003 | 2003-037 | 47179-804 : Strela-3 No. 152L (452), Strela-3 No. 153L (453) | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jun 4, 2003 | 2003-023 | 53721-705 : Parus No. 202 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Nov 28, 2002 | 2002-054 | 53779-802 : Rubin-3-DSI, Mozhaets-3 No. 794-2577-204, DMC Alsat-1 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Sep 26, 2002 | 2002-046 | 65021-706 : Nadezhda-M No. 411 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jul 8, 2002 | 2002-036 | 47121-704 : Strela-3 No. 150L (450), Strela-3 No. 137L (437) | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| May 28, 2002 | 2002-026 | 53721-702 : Parus No. 201 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jun 8, 2001 | 2001-023 | 53706-412 : Parus No. 101 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Nov 20, 2000 | 2000-074 | 47165-631 : QuickBird 1 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Failure |
| Jul 15, 2000 | 2000-039 | 47136-414 : BIRD-Rubin/Payload adapter, CHAMP, MITA-NINA | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
| Jun 28, 2000 | 2000-033 | 53752-105 : SNAP-1, Tsinghua 1, Nadezhda No. 701 | Kosmos 11K65M | GIK-1 / LC132/1 | Success |
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