Tsyklon-3 Launch Vehicle
Tsyklon-3 added a restartable third stage to the R-36-derived Tsyklon lower stages, enabling precise deployment to higher and polar orbits from Plesetsk. It entered flight testing in 1977 and launched scientific, meteorological, communications, navigation, and military payloads until the final Coronas-Photon mission in 2009.
Identity
- Aliases
- Tsiklon-3Cyclone-3SL-14
- Family Name
- Tsyklon-3
- Full Name
- Tsyklon-3 Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- tsyklon-3-launch-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Tsyklon-3 added a restartable third stage to the R-36-derived Tsyklon lower stages, enabling precise deployment to higher and polar orbits from Plesetsk. It entered flight testing in 1977 and launched scientific, meteorological, communications, navigation, and military payloads until the final Coronas-Photon mission in 2009.
- First Flight Year
- 1,977
- Last Flight Year
- 2,009
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7ms1r1kngg535q4vtg7z1ph18afr0p
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Sso
- 2,300
- Stages Count
- 3
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- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:57:41 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 1:57:41 PM