Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 12
Kosmos-3M | Taifun-2 12 rode a Kosmos-3M into space from Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation, deploying its payload to LEO.
- Launch time
- Status
- SUCCESS
- Operator
- Soviet Space Program
- Mission type
- Test Target
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M
- Launch site
- Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Launch pad
- 107/1
- Payload
- —
- Target orbit
- LEO

Mission timeline
- 1982-04-21T01:40:00.000ZKosmos-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.