MISSION NAME
Strela-3 101 to 106 106
Status
Success
DATE
12 FEB 1994
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Russian Space Forces
Launch Pad
32/1
Description
Second generation store-dump military communications satellites
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.