LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Wed Dec 27 2000
Strategic Rocket Forces
Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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(9:56 AM UTC)
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Tsiklon-3Description:
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