RocketMolniya 8K78
SpaceportBaikonurpad LC1
OutcomeFailure · 0.4stage 4 guidance or control failure
Launch agencyRVSNSoviet Union
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- November 11, 1963, 06:23
- Launch designation
- 1963-044
- Mission
- 3MV-1 No. 1
- Flight name
- Kosmos-21
- Vehicle flight ID
- G 15000- 17/G10318
- Year
- Launches in 1963
Orbit and payload
- Initial apogee
- 232 km
- Payload mass to orbit
- 5.9 t
- Payloads
- 2
- GCAT launch code
- OF40 · S4G
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos-21 | 1963-044ANORAD 687 | OKB-1 im. S.P. Korolev | Deep space | 490 kg | Reentered (orbital decay) · Nov 14, 1963 |
| Spuskaemiy apparat | 1963-044A | NII-88 (Nauchno-Issledovatel'niy Institut 88) | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.