US-PM 11
Tsiklon-2
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
US-PM 11
Type: Government/Top Secret
Systems aboard the 3300 kg satellite included the Radio-Technical Reconnaissance system and systems for electronic camouflage and self-protection. An engine unit maintained the orbital altitude and made a final deorbit of the satellite at the end of the mission.
Location
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
1536 rockets have launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Rocket
Tsiklon-2 – Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
Family: Tsiklon
Length: 39.7 m
Diameter: 3 m
Launch Mass: 182 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 2820 kg
The Tsiklon-2 was manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau with the first launch on 1969-08-06. Tsiklon-2 has 103 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 105 launches. The Tsyklon-2 (cyclone-2), also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet orbital carrier rocket used from the 1960s to the late 2000s.
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RFSA
Administration: Administrator: Yuri Borisov
Founded: 1992
Launchers: Soyuz
Spacecraft: Soyuz
Country: RUS
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
