Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9

Mission

Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $15,000,000

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 second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.

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 1668 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).