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Kosmos 63S1M
Part of R-12
Kosmos LV
Kosmos LV
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Ukrainian orbital launch vehicle. Modernized version of 63S1 initial configuration of the first Kosmos launcher and the prototype for the production 11K63 launch vehicle. Suborbital launches from Plesetsk from 1965 at from the modified R-12 silo 'Dvina'. Flown only a few times in 1965-1967. Succeeded by the 11K63 production model launched from the 'Raduga' complex.

AKA: 63S1M;B-1;Kosmos 2M;SL-7. Status: Out of production. Payload: 450 kg (990 lb). Thrust: 636.50 kN (143,091 lbf). Gross mass: 48,110 kg (106,060 lb). Height: 25.80 m (84.60 ft). Diameter: 1.60 m (5.20 ft). Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).

LEO Payload: 450 kg (990 lb) to a 270 km orbit at 71.00 degrees.

Stage Data - Kosmos 63S1M



Family: orbital launch vehicle. Country: Ukraine. Engines: RD-214, RD-119. Spacecraft: DS-P1-Yu, DS-U2-V, DS-U2-M, DS-P1-I. Stages: S1, Kosmos A-1. Agency: Yuzhnoye.
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R-56, R-26, 63S1R-56, R-26, 63S1
From left to right, dynamic test models of: R-56 monster launch vehicle; R-26 ICBM; Kosmos 63S1 launch vehicle
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