Tsiklon-2A – Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
- Family: Tsiklon
- Length: 39.7 m
- Diameter: 3 m
- Launch Mass: 182 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 3000 kg
The Tsiklon-2A, manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau established in 1951, undertook its inaugural launch on 10/27/1967. Notably, 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.