Tsiklon family
Tsiklon-2A
The Tsyklon was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Cosmos satellites into low Earth orbit. It is based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile designed by Mikhail Yangel and made eight launches, with seven successes and one failure. All of its launches were conducted from LC-90 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It is sometimes designated Tsyklon-2A, not to be confused with the later Tsyklon-2 rocket. It was introduced in 1967 and was derived from the R-36 ICBM (NATO designation SS-9 Scarp). It was retired in 1969.
Tsiklon-2A is built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine. It first flew on 27 October 1967 and last flew on 25 January 1969.
Flight record
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 3,000kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 2 |
|---|---|
| Length | 39.7m |
| Diameter | 3m |
| Launch mass | 182t |
| Liftoff thrust | 2,366kN |
| Maiden flight | 1967-10-27 |
| Reusable | No |
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-01-25 | Tsiklon-2A | US-AO 5 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Failure |
| 1968-11-01 | Tsiklon-2A | I2P 2 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-10-20 | Tsiklon-2A | I2P 1 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-10-19 | Tsiklon-2A | I2M 2 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-04-24 | Tsiklon-2A | I2M 1 | 90/20 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-03-22 | Tsiklon-2A | US-AO 4 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-12-27 | Tsiklon-2A | US-AO 3 | 90/19 | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1967-10-27 | Tsiklon-2A | I2-BM (Kosmos-185) | 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