RFSA Tsiklon-2 US-PM 11

Name: RFSA Tsiklon-2 US-PM 11
Start: 2001-12-21T04:00:00.000Z
Location: 90/20

Tsiklon-2

Status

Success

Date

21 DEC 2001

04:00

Launch Provider

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Launch Pad

90/20

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Systems aboard the 3300 kg satellite included the Radio-Technical Reconnaissance system and systems for electronic camouflage and self-protection. An engine unit maintained the orbital altitude and made a final deorbit of the satellite at the end of the mission.

Rocket

Tsiklon-2

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

39.7 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

182 T

Thrust

2,366 kN