Tsyklon-3
Sign in to saveAlso known as Cyclone-3, Tsiklon-3, Tsyklon-M, Cyclone-M, Tsiklon-M, SL-14
The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3 and Cyclone-3 (known as SL-14 by the United States DoD), GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket.
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- Tsyklon-3 (Tsiklon-3)
- Rocket.function
- Carrier rocket
- Rocket.manufacturer
- Yuzhmash
- Rocket.country origin
- Soviet Union
- Rocket.image
- Циклон-3 і 8К99.JPG
- Rocket.caption
- Tsyklon-3 on display in downtown Dnipro
- Rocket.stages
- 3
- Rocket.family
- R-36, Tsyklon
- Rocket.comparable
- Delta II
- Rocket.derivatives
- Tsyklon-4, Cyclone-4M
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC-32
- Rocket.launches
- 122
- Rocket.success
- 114
- Rocket.fail
- 8
- Rocket.first
- 24 June 1977
- Rocket.last
- 30 January 2009
- Rocket.payloads
- TselinaMeteorOkeanGeo-IKStrela
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Successor
- Debris
- 2013 loss of Ecuadorian satellite after impact with Tsyklon-3 space debris
- Other Debris events
- See also
- External links
- References
The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3 and Cyclone-3 (known as SL-14 by the United States DoD), GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket.
==Overview== thumb|Tsyklon-3 launching a Meteor (satellite)|Meteor-3 satellite at [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome in August 1991|left]] A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, Tsyklon-3 made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009. The Ukrainian-built Tsyklon rockets were retired in favour of future all-Russian carrier rockets, such as the Angara, and because they were fuelled by toxic hypergolic propellants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tsyklon-3” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.