Soviet Space Program

Tselina-D 52

Tsiklon-3

SUCCESS

Success

Thursday, December 12, 1985 · 15:51 UTC

Mission

/01

Tselina-D satellites provided detailed observation of radio sources detected by the smaller Tselina-O satellites as part of the Tselina ELINT system.

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Variant: 3

Launch Pad

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.906° N, 40.784° E

Pad Launches

1089

Location Launches

1949

Agency Launches

117

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