
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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 2,713 kN
- Height
- 39.27 m
- Diameter
- 3 m
- Launch mass
- 189 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- $15M
- LEO capacity
- 4,100 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
122
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
94.3%
115 of 122
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Tsiklon-3 | Koronas-Foton — Success
- Tsiklon-3 | Sich-1M — Failure
- Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 128 to 130 & Gonets 10 to 12 — Success
- Tsiklon-3 | Koronas F — Success
- Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9 — Failure