MISSION NAME
Sich-1M
Status
Failure
DATE
24 DEC 2004
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Russian Space Forces
Launch Pad
32/2
Description
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..
Tsiklon-3
Rocket 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.