Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

Zenit-2: Taifun-1B 9

Name: Zenit-2: Taifun-1B 9
Start: 1986-10-22T08:00:00Z
End: 1986-10-22T08:00:00Z
Location: 45/1

Passive radar calibration satellite

Wednesday, 22 October 1986

Mission Data

🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931

Launch VehicleZenit-2

Vehicle FamilyZenith

Vehicle Record29 of 35 launches (82.9%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)

Success Streak17 consecutive

Mission TypeTest Target

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch Pad45/1

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#86

Agency Launches This Year#72

Launches From This Pad47

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Zenit is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

45/1 · 45.9435°N 63.6530°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.