Tsiklon-3 (Yuzhnoye Design Bureau)
The Tsiklon-3, manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau established in 1951, undertook its inaugural launch on 06/24/1977, is non-reusable and is inactive.
Tsiklon-3 has 115 successful launches and 7 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 122 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
- Length: 39.27 m
- Diameter: 3 m
- Launch Mass: 189 T
- LEO Capacity: 4100 kg
- Launch Cost: $15,000,000
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.
