Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9
Tsiklon-3
Strategic Rocket Forces
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 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).