LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Fri Dec 21 2001

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

US-PM 11

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(4:00 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(4:00 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(4:00 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Tsiklon-2

Description:

The Tsyklon-2 (cyclone-2), also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet orbital carrier rocket used from the 1960s to the late 2000s.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Government/Top Secret
Systems aboard the 3300 kg satellite included the Radio-Technical Reconnaissance system and systems for electronic camouflage and self-protection. An engine unit maintained the orbital altitude and made a final deorbit of the satellite at the end of the mission.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

90/20