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Launch SuccessfulRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Tsiklon-2: US-PM 6
US-PM (Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny) (also reported as US-PU) was a solar powered improved EORSAT (Electronic Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite). It used an passive ELINT devices to track naval vessels from space by registering their electronic emmissions.
Thursday, 8 June 1995
Mission Data
🇷🇺Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Est. 1992
Launch VehicleTsiklon-2
Vehicle FamilyTsiklon
Vehicle Record103 of 105 launches (98.1%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record333 successes / 11 failures (97%)
Success Streak68 consecutive
Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad90/20
Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ
Orbital Launches This Year#31
Agency Launches This Year#4
Launches From This Pad23
Launches From This Site1,565
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Tsiklon-2
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.
Launch Site
90/20 · 46.0810°N 62.9298°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.