Tsiklon family
Tsiklon-2
The Tsyklon-2 (cyclone-2), also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet orbital carrier rocket used from the 1960s to the late 2000s.
Flights flown105
Success rate98.1%103/105
Payload to LEO2,820kg
Cost per kg to LEO$4,255$12M per launch
Maiden flight1969-08-06
Peak year19768 flights
Tsiklon-2 is built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine. It first flew on 6 August 1969 and last flew on 25 June 2006.
Flight record
98.1% success rate103 of 105 flown · 2 failed
1969peak 1976 · 8 flights2006
First flight1969-08-06
Latest flight2006-06-25
Failures2
Consecutive successes18
Fastest turnaround1d 23h
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 2,820kg |
|---|---|
| Launch cost | $12M |
| Cost per kg to LEO | $4,255 |
Vehicle
| Stages | 3 |
|---|---|
| Length | 39.7m |
| Diameter | 3m |
| Launch mass | 182t |
| Liftoff thrust | 2,366kN |
| Maiden flight | 1969-08-06 |
| Reusable | No |
Compare
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-06-25 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 13 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2004-05-28 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 12 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 2001-12-21 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 11 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1999-12-26 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 10 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1997-12-09 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 9 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1996-12-11 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 8 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1995-12-20 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 7 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1995-06-08 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 6 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1994-11-02 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 5 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1993-09-17 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 4 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1993-07-07 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 3 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1993-04-28 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 2 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1993-03-30 | Tsiklon-2 | US-PM 1 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1991-01-18 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 37 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1990-12-04 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 36 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1990-11-14 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 35 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1990-08-23 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 34 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1990-03-14 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 33 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1989-11-24 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 32 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1989-09-27 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 31 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1989-07-24 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 30 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1988-11-18 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 29 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1988-05-28 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 28 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1988-03-14 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 32 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1987-12-12 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 31 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1987-10-10 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 27 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1987-07-10 | Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 2 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1987-06-18 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 30 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1987-04-08 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 26 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1987-02-01 | Tsiklon-2 | Plasma-A 1 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1986-08-20 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 29 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1986-08-04 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 25 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1986-03-25 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 24 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1986-03-21 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 28 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1986-02-27 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 23 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1985-09-19 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 22 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1985-08-23 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 27 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1985-08-01 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 26 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1985-04-18 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 21 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1985-01-23 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 20 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1984-10-31 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 25 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1984-08-07 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 19 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1984-06-29 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 24 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1984-05-30 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 18 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1983-10-29 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 17 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1983-05-07 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 16 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-10-02 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 23 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-09-04 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 15 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-08-30 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 22 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-06-18 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 13 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-06-01 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 21 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-05-14 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 20 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-04-29 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 14 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1982-02-11 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 13 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-09-14 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 12 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-08-24 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 19 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-08-04 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 11 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-04-21 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 18 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-03-20 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 10 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-03-14 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 12 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-03-05 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 17 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1981-02-02 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 11 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1980-11-04 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 9 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1980-04-29 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 16 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1980-04-18 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 10 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1980-03-14 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 8 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1979-04-25 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 7 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1979-04-18 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 6 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1978-05-19 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 9 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-12-21 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-10-26 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 7 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-09-18 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 15 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-09-16 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 14 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-08-24 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 5 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-06-17 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 6 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1977-05-23 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 5 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-12-27 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 4 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-11-26 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 4 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-10-21 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 13 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-10-17 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 12 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-07-21 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 3 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-07-02 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 3 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-04-13 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 2 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1976-02-16 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 1 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1975-12-12 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 11 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1975-10-29 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 2 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1975-04-07 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 10 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1975-04-02 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 9 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1974-12-24 | Tsiklon-2 | US-P 1 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1974-05-17 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 8 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1974-05-15 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 7 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1973-12-27 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 6 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1973-04-25 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 5 | 90 | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1972-08-21 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 4 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1971-12-25 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 3 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1971-12-03 | Tsiklon-2 | I2P 8 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1971-04-04 | Tsiklon-2 | I2P 7 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1971-04-01 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 2 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1971-02-25 | Tsiklon-2 | I2P 6 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-10-30 | Tsiklon-2 | I2P 5 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-10-23 | Tsiklon-2 | I2P 4 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-10-20 | Tsiklon-2 | I2M 3 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1970-10-03 | Tsiklon-2 | US-A 1 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1969-12-23 | Tsiklon-2 | I2P 3 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1969-08-06 | Tsiklon-2 | IS-GVM 1 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
Further reading: Wikipedia