Russian Space Forces
Koronas-I
Tsiklon-3
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, March 2, 1994 · 03:25 UTC
Mission
/01KORONAS-I (or CORONAS-I), a Russian-Ukranian spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-3 booster from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried UV and x-ray instruments to map the Sun and plasma monitors to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Tsiklon-3
Variant: 3
Launch Pad
32/1
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
62.906° N, 40.784° E
52
Pad Launches
1443
Location Launches
33
Agency Launches
15
Orbital This Year