MISSION NAME
Strela-3 89 to 94 94
Status
Success
DATE
11 MAY 1993
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Russian Space Forces
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.