LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Wed Mar 02 1994

Russian Space Forces

Koronas-I

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(3:25 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:25 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:25 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Tsiklon-3

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.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Astrophysics
KORONAS-I (or CORONAS-I), a Russian-Ukranian spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-3 booster from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried UV and x-ray instruments to map the Sun and plasma monitors to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Pad

32/1