Tsiklon-2 (Yuzhnoye Design Bureau)
The Tsiklon-2 is a non-reusable, inactive launch vehicle manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (established in 1951). It undertook its inaugural launch on 08/06/1969.
The Tsyklon-2 (cyclone-2), also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet orbital carrier rocket used from the 1960s to the late 2000s.
Tsiklon-2 Specifications
| Variant | 2 |
|---|---|
| Length | 39.7 m |
| Diameter | 3 m |
| Stages | 3 |
| Launch Mass | 182 T |
| Takeoff Thrust | 2366 kN |
| LEO Capacity | 2820 kg |
| Launch Cost | $12,000,000 |
Tsiklon-2 Launch Record
| Total Launches | 105 |
|---|---|
| Successful Launches | 103 |
| Failed Launches | 2 |
| Consecutive Successful Launches | 18 |
Manufacturer
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (OKB-586)
Director: Alexander Degtyarev
Yuzhnoye Design Office, located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) established by Mikhail Yangel in 1951. The Zenit launch vehicle currently launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome but also used to launch from an ocean platform, Odyssey.