Tsyklon-2A
Description
The Tsyklon (Циклон, "Cyclone", also known as Tsiklon), GRAU index 11K67, 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. Tsyklon was designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and manufactured by Yuzhmash (both in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine). Control system was designed at NPO "Electropribor"[1] (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
Missions
8
Success Rate
75.0%
Successes
6
Failures
2
Success Streak
0
Partial Failures
0
Previous
January 25, 1969
US-A n°05
Tsyklon-2A | RVSN USSR
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
November 1, 1968
Cosmos 252
Tsyklon-2A | RVSN USSR
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Configurations
Retired
Tsyklon-2A
Active 1967 to 1969
Rocket
Height: 39.65m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 3,000 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,650 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 10.7m
Stages
2