Soviet Space Program Tsiklon-3 Meteor-3 1a

Name: Soviet Space Program Tsiklon-3 Meteor-3 1a
Start: 1984-11-27T14:22:00.000Z
Location: 32/1

Tsiklon-3

Status

Failure

Date

27 NOV 1984

14:22

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

32/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission Overview

Third generation meteorological satellite

Rocket

Tsiklon-3

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous 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