Soviet Space Program
US-A 5
Tsiklon-2
FAILURE
Failure
Wednesday, April 25, 1973 · 09:10 UTC
Mission
/01Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
Mission Type
Government/Top Secret
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Failure
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Tsiklon-2
Variant: 2
Launch Pad
90
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
46.081° N, 62.930° E
1
Pad Launches
373
Location Launches
732
Agency Launches
24
Orbital This Year