Tsiklon-3

In-active

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (OKB-586)

June 24, 1977

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    39.27 m
  • Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    189.0 T
  • Thrust
    2713.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Tsiklon-3
  • Family
  • Variant
    3
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Tsiklon-3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $15000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    4100.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

Commercial
Director: Alexander Degtyarev
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