Strela-3 119 to 124
Tsiklon-3
Strategic Rocket Forces
Launch Status
Success 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).
