LAUNCH CENTER

Failure

Fri Dec 24 2004

Russian Space Forces

Sich-1M

Launch Failure

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(11:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(11:20 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(11:20 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: Earth Science
Ukranian-built remote sensing satellite. Third stage apogee kick burn was too short, raising the perigee of the orbit from 78 km to 280 km, rather than the 650 km planned..

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Pad

32/2