Russian Space Forces Tsiklon-3 Koronas-I

Name: Russian Space Forces Tsiklon-3 Koronas-I
Start: 1994-03-02T03:25:00.000Z
Location: 32/1

Tsiklon-3

Status

Success

Date

2 MAR 1994

03:25

Launch Provider

Russian Space Forces

Launch Pad

32/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Tsiklon-3

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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.

Height

39.27 m

Diameter

3 m

Launch Mass

189 T

Thrust

2,713 kN