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Kosmos
FunctionOrbital carrier rocket
ManufacturerYuzhnoye/NPO Polyot
Country of originSoviet Union
Size
Height31 metres (102 ft)
Diameter1.6 metres (5.2 ft)
Mass48,110 kilograms (106,060 lb)
Stages2
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass300 kilograms (660 lb)
Launch history
StatusRetired
Launch sitesKapustin Yar
Plesetsk (63SM only)
Total launches38
Success(es)26
Failure(s)12
First flight27 October 1961
Last flight19 December 1967

Kosmos (GRAU Index: 63S1) is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets, members of the R-12 Kosmos (rocket family), which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1967.