Soviet Space ProgramTsiklon-290/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
I2P 3
Launched
December 23, 1969
Image: Ukrainian Space Agency
Summary
I2P 3 launched on a Soviet Space Program Tsiklon-2 from 90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on December 23, 1969. It was Soviet Space Program's 450th launch, 79th this year and humanity's 1,043rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Tsiklon-2 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Kosmos-316, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 176 × 1,632 km orbit inclined 49.6°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Tsiklon-2 · Soviet Space Program
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Tsiklon-2 flightSoviet Space Program's 450th launch79th this yearhumanity's 1,043rd orbital launch attempt124th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kosmos-316 · NORAD 4282 · 1969-108 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1969-108A
- Epoch
- 1969-12-23 16:02:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.99158863 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1000269
- Inclination
- 49.5544°
- Ascending node
- 233.7752°
- Arg. of perigee
- 77.4691°
- Mean anomaly
- 293.6105°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; none still in orbit
- Kosmos-316 · NORAD 4282 · re-entered August 28, 1970
Tsiklon-2 No. 03L Stage 2 · re-entered January 28, 1970
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The I2P satellites were the first soviet coorbital ASAT system.
Pad
90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
4th launch from 90/20, 1st this year · 283rd from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
23 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
417 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanOpen in maps
Questions
When did I2P 3 launch?
I2P 3 launched on December 23, 1969. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch I2P 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched I2P 3?
Tsiklon-2, flown by Soviet Space Program. Tsiklon-2 spec sheet
Where did I2P 3 launch from?
90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit did I2P 3 reach?
Kosmos-316, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 176 × 1,632 km orbit inclined 49.6°.
How many satellites did I2P 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).