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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.

Tsyklon-3 Launch Vehicle
NASA · Public domain in the United States as a NASA-created work; the exact Wikimedia Commons record for this byte-matched Cyclone-3/Tsyklon-3 launch image identifies the 15 August 1991 Plesetsk launch of the Meteor-3 satellite, cites the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center TOMS Project source, and records the image as solely created by NASA. NASA’s current Images and Media Usage Guidelines generally permit factual or informational/editorial use with NASA attribution and without implying NASA endorsement. NASA insignia and identifiers, third-party material, identifiable-person rights, and commercial, promotional, merchandise, or other protected-rights uses may require separate clearance; public-domain status is jurisdiction-specific and does not imply NASA endorsement. · Source
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Identity

Aliases
Tsiklon-3Cyclone-3SL-14
Family Name
Tsyklon-3
Full Name
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
Rocket Specs
Payload Capacity Kg
Sso
2,300
Reusability
expendable
Stages Count
3

Links

Official Url
https://s3vi.ndc.nasa.gov/ssri-kb/static/resources/9819.pdf

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Creation Time
July 13, 2026 at 13:57:41 UTC
Updated Time
July 19, 2026 at 12:28:33 UTC
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