Kosmos-3M | DS-U3-IK 4
Operated by Soviet Space Program, the Heliophysics mission Kosmos-3M | DS-U3-IK 4 delivered its payload into LEO.
- Launch time
- Status
- SUCCESS
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission type
- Heliophysics
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M
- Launch site
- Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Launch pad
- 107/1
- Payload
- —
- Target orbit
- LEO

Mission timeline
- 1974-05-17T11:00:00.000ZKosmos-3M roars off the pad at Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation.
- The vehicle reaches Max Q, the highest aerodynamic load of the flight.
- Orbit insertion confirmed — now circling in LEO.
- All mission objectives achieved.