Tsiklon-3

In-active

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (OKB-586)

June 24, 1977

Description

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    39.27 m
  • Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    189.0 T
  • Thrust
    2713.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Tsiklon-3
  • Family
  • Variant
    3
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Tsiklon-3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $15000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    4100.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

Commercial
Director: Alexander Degtyarev
OKB-586 1951

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.

Tsiklon-3 | Koronas-Foton

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 2009, 1:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Russian heliophysics research satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Sich-1M

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 2004, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ukranian-built remote sensing satellite. Third stage apogee kick burn was too short, raising the perigee of the orbit from 78 km to 280 km, rather than the 650 km planned..

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 128 to 130 & Gonets 10 to 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 28, 2001, 3:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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.

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Tsiklon-3 | Koronas F

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 31, 2001, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KORONAS-F (also known as CORONAS-F and AUOS-SM-KF) is a Russian solar observatory

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 2000, 9:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

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.

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 119 to 124

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 15, 1998, 10:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 116 to 118 & Gonets 4 to 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 14, 1997, 3:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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.

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Tsiklon-3 | Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 19, 1996, 12:58 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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 the second generation of Russian strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.

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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 8

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 31, 1995, 6:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 107 to 112

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1994, 10:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 14

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 29, 1994, 2:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 11, 1994, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 69

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 25, 1994, 10:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

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Tsiklon-3 | Koronas-I

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 2, 1994, 3:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KORONAS-I (or CORONAS-I), a Russian-Ukranian spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-3 booster from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried UV and x-ray instruments to map the Sun and plasma monitors to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere.

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 101 to 106

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1994, 8:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 25, 1994, 12:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 21

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 31, 1993, 4:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 95 to 100

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 24, 1993, 4:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 89 to 94

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 11, 1993, 2:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 16, 1993, 7:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-R series ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 68

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 25, 1992, 8:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 13

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 22, 1992, 12:36 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 67

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1992, 4:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 83 to 88

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 20, 1992, 12:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 79 to 82

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 13, 1992, 5:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AP-IK 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 18, 1991, 3:54 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Scientific satellite dedicated to the ionosphere and magnetosphere

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 73 to 78

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 12, 1991, 8:09 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 67 to 72

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1991, 7:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 15, 1991, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 13, 1991, 3:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-R series ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 1991, 8:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 61 to 66

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 16, 1991, 9:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 24, 1991, 1:37 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 55 to 60

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 22, 1990, 7:28 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 28, 1990, 4:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 20

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1990, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 49 to 54

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 8, 1990, 4:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 30, 1990, 12:06 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 19

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 27, 1990, 10:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 28, 1990, 12:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1990, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-R series ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1989, midnight
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 24, 1989, 9:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | AUOS-Z-AV-IK 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1989, 12:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Scientific satellite studying the radiation properties of loop antennas in a plasma environment

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 43 to 48

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 14, 1989, 9:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 11

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 28, 1989, 12:14 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 9, 1989, 10:10 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 18

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 28, 1989, 4:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 37 to 42

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 10, 1989, 3:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Koltso 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 23, 1988, 7:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 66

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 11, 1988, 8:02 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 26, 1988, 5:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 5, 1988, 9:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 65

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 14, 1988, 3:18 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 10

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 30, 1988, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 64

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 15, 1988, 6:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 17

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 30, 1988, 10:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 31 to 36

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 15, 1988, 3:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 63

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 6, 1988, 7:41 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 62

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 20, 1987, 9:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 25 to 30

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 7, 1987, 11:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 16

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 18, 1987, 2:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 16, 1987, 4:25 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 61

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 1, 1987, 7:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 60

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 27, 1987, midnight
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 19 to 24

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 13, 1987, 1:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 59

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 3, 1987, 3:03 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 9

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 20, 1987, 4:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 58

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 14, 1987, 9:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 15

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 5, 1987, 1:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Ionozond-E

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 18, 1986, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ionospheric research satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-R 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 10, 1986, 7:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-R series ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 8

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 2, 1986, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 13 to 18

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 15, 1986, 5:24 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 57

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 1986, 6:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-O1 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 28, 1986, 9:07 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Ocean observation satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 56

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 12, 1986, 4:43 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 14

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 27, 1986, 9:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 55

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 15, 1986, 4:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 54

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 19, 1986, 11:04 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 11, 1986, 6:56 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 53

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 17, 1986, 7:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 13

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 1985, 1:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 52

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 12, 1985, 3:51 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 51

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 22, 1985, 10:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 24, 1985, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 7 to 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 9, 1985, 9:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 50

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 8, 1985, 11:49 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 49

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 8, 1985, 11:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 14, 1985, 10:36 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 48

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 5, 1985, 3:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 6, 1985, 9:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 47

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 24, 1985, 4:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 1 to 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 15, 1985, 2:50 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-3 1a

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 27, 1984, 2:22 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Third generation meteorological satellite

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 46

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 18, 1984, 5:46 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-OE 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1984, 6 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental ocean-monitoring satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 8, 1984, 12:08 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 11

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 5, 1984, 3:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 45

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 15, 1984, 5:05 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 44

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 8, 1984, 9:23 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 43

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 15, 1983, 12:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 24, 1983, 12:33 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-OE 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 28, 1983, 7:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental ocean-monitoring satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 42

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 22, 1983, 11:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 41

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 23, 1983, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 24, 1982, 9:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 38

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 16, 1982, 4:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 36

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 10, 1982, 5:37 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2 8

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 25, 1982, 9:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation soviet meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 32

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 1981, 11:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 30, 1981, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Aureole 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 21, 1981, 1:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Joint Soviet-French satellite dedicated to magnetospheric research

Elliptical Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Tselina-D 30

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 24, 1981, 9:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Geo-IK 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 23, 1981, 11:20 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

A satellite for the GEO-IK geodetic system

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-E 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 23, 1980, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental ocean-monitoring satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Okean-E 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 12, 1979, 1 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Experimental ocean-monitoring satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | Meteor-2-GVM

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 26, 1978, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Mass model of the Meteor-2 meteorological satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 28, 1978, 5:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 1977, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 24, 1977, 10:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Tsiklon-3 | EPN 03.0380 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 24, 1977, 10:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-D ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit
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Falcon 9
Success
16 hours, 52 minutes ago
Project Kuiper (KF-01)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

First of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, with 24 satellites on board.


Falcon 9
Success
21 hours, 16 minutes ago
Starlink Group 15-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 7
Success
2 days, 1 hour ago
Tianzhou-9
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Eighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 18 hours ago
Dror-1
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Note: SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1". Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospa…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Starlink Group 10-28
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.