Tsiklon-2A (Yuzhnoye Design Bureau)
The Tsiklon-2A, manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau established in 1951, undertook its inaugural launch on 10/27/1967, is non-reusable and is inactive.
Tsiklon-2A has 7 successful launches and 1 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 8 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
The Tsyklon was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Cosmos satellites into low Earth orbit. It is based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile designed by Mikhail Yangel and made eight launches, with seven successes and one failure. All of its launches were conducted from LC-90 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It is sometimes designated Tsyklon-2A, not to be confused with the later Tsyklon-2 rocket. It was introduced in 1967 and was derived from the R-36 ICBM (NATO designation SS-9 Scarp). It was retired in 1969.
- Length: 39.7 m
- Diameter: 3 m
- Launch Mass: 182 T
- LEO Capacity: 3000 kg
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.
