Strela-3 119 to 124

Mission

Strela-3 119 to 124

• Type: Government/Top Secret
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $15,000,000

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

Location

32/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

32/1 has witnessed the launch of 57 rockets, including 57 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches.

Rocket

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Tsiklon-3

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

Strategic Rocket Forces

The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).