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Tsiklon-3: Koronas-I
KORONAS-I (or CORONAS-I), a Russian-Ukranian spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-3 booster from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried UV and x-ray instruments to map the Sun and plasma monitors to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
Wednesday, 2 March 1994
Mission Data
🇷🇺Russian Space ForcesEst. 1992
Launch VehicleTsiklon-3
Vehicle FamilyTsiklon
Vehicle Record115 of 122 launches (94.3%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record151 successes / 8 failures (95%)
Success Streak71 consecutive
Mission TypeAstrophysics
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad32/1
Location🇷🇺 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#15
Agency Launches This Year#3
Launches From This Pad57
Launches From This Site1,689
Status Note
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
About Tsiklon-3
The Tsyklon-3 was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009.
Launch Site
32/1 · 62.9064°N 40.7845°E
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.