Tsyklon
Sign in to saveThe Tsyklon (, also known as Tsiklon), GRAU index 11K67, was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Kosmos satellites into low Earth orbit in the late-1960s. It is based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile designed by Mikhail Yangel and made eight launches, with seven successes and one failure. All of its launches were conducted from LC-90 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It is sometimes designated Tsyklon-2A, not to be confused with the later Tsyklon-2 rocket. It was introduced in 1967 and was derived from the R-36 ICBM. It was retired in 1969.
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- Tsyklon
- Rocket.function
- Medium-lift launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- Yuzhmash
- Rocket.country origin
- Soviet Union
- Rocket.stages
- 2
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, LC-90
- Rocket.launches
- 8
- Rocket.success
- 7
- Rocket.fail
- 1
- Rocket.first
- 27 October 1967
- Rocket.last
- 25 January 1969
- Rocket.payloads
- IS-A/IS-PRORSAT
- Rocket/payload.location
- low Earth orbit
- Rocket/Stage.type
- stage
- Rocket/Stage.stageno
- Second
- Rocket/Stage.name
- 8S672
- Rocket/Stage.engines
- 1 RD-252
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Derivatives
- Tsyklon-2
- Tsyklon-3
- Tsyklon-4
- Launches
- See also
- External links
- References
The Tsyklon (, also known as Tsiklon), GRAU index 11K67, was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Kosmos satellites into low Earth orbit in the late-1960s. It is based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile designed by Mikhail Yangel and made eight launches, with seven successes and one failure. All of its launches were conducted from LC-90 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It is sometimes designated Tsyklon-2A, not to be confused with the later Tsyklon-2 rocket. It was introduced in 1967 and was derived from the R-36 ICBM. It was retired in 1969.
It made its maiden flight on 27 October 1967. The booster's design was kept secret and no images or film clips of the complete vehicle were released to the public until after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in part because of being used exclusively for military payloads and also because it was derived from an actively serving missile system. After 1991, the plant where the R-36/Tsyklon were manufactured ended up in newly independent Ukraine.