Failure
Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9
Communications
Strategic Rocket Forces(RVSN RF)Government
Tsiklon-3
LEOorbit
Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
Wednesday, December 27, 2000 at 9:56 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,452
RVSN RF Mission
#14
Pad Launch
#56
Location Launch
#1,511
Launch Window
NET
Dec 27, 2000, 9:56 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Dec 27, 2000, 12:56 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778
Tsiklon-3 Specs
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.
Length
39.27 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
189 t
Thrust
2,713 kN
LEO Capacity
4,100 kg
Launch Cost
$15M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1977
Fastest Turnaround
3d 7h
Total Launches
122
Successful
115
Failed
7
Consecutive Success
1
Maiden flight: Jun 24, 1977
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Founded
1959
Total Launches
15
Successful
12
Failed
3
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
1