MISSION NAME
Strela-3 31 to 36 36
Status
Success
DATE
15 JAN 1988
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Soviet Space Program
Launch Pad
32/1
Description
Second generation store-dump military communications satellite
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.