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Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115

Tsiklon-3

Russian Space Forces

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115

Type: Communications

Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was the second generation of Russian strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.

Trajectory

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Location

32/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

1661 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.

32/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Rocket

Tsiklon-3 – Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

  • Family: Tsiklon
  • Length: 39.27 m
  • Diameter: 3 m
  • Launch Mass: 189 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 4100 kg

The Tsiklon-3 was manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau with the first launch on 1977-06-24. Tsiklon-3 has 115 successful launches and 7 failed launches with a total of 122 launches. The Tsyklon-3 was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009.

Agency

Russian Space Forces – VKS

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: VKS
  • Administration: Commander: Aleksandr Golovko
  • Founded: 1992
  • Country: RUS

The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.

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