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Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 116 to 118 & Gonets 4 to 6

Russian Space Forces · Tsiklon-3 · 32/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Russian Space Forces's 53rd launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,125th orbital launch attempt

February 14, 1997Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Feb 14, 03:47Feb 14, 03:47 UTC

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Strela-3 116 to 118 & Gonets 4 to 6

Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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Pad — 32/1

57 launches from this pad · 1,686 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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