LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Fri Feb 14 1997

Russian Space Forces

Strela-3 116 to 118 & Gonets 4 to 6

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(3:47 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(3:47 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(3:47 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: Communications
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.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Pad

32/1