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Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program
Tsiklon-3: Tselina-D 53
Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.
Friday, 17 January 1986
Mission Data
🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931
Launch VehicleTsiklon-3
Vehicle FamilyTsiklon
Vehicle Record115 of 122 launches (94.3%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)
Success Streak17 consecutive
Mission TypeGovernment/Top Secret
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch Pad32/1
Location🇷🇺 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation RUS
Orbital Launches This Year#6
Agency Launches This Year#5
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.