Kosmos-2I (
GRAU Index: 11K63, also known as Cosmos-2I and also known by the designation Kosmos-2
) is the designation applied to two
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
carrier rocket
A launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket designed to carry a payload (spacecraft or satellites) from the Earth's surface to outer space. Most launch vehicles operate from a launch pads, supported by a launch control center and syste ...
s, members of the
R-12 Kosmos rocket family, which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977. They were superseded by the
R-14 derived
Kosmos-3 and
Kosmos-3M
The Kosmos-3M (russian: Космос-3М meaning "''Cosmos''", GRAU index 11K65M) was a Russian space launch vehicle, member of the Kosmos rocket family. It was a liquid-fueled two-stage launch vehicle, first launched in 1967 and with over 42 ...
.
Launches
References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080516224211/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/koss63s1.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130522015958/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kos11k63.htm
Space launch vehicles of the Soviet Union
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