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Kosmos 3 (Russian: Космос 3 meaning Cosmos 3) also known as 2MS #1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 13 was a scientific research and technology demonstration satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the third satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system and the second spacecraft to be launched as part of the MS programme after Kosmos 2 which was launched 18 days earlier.