Russian Space Forces
Strela-3 128 to 130 & Gonets 10 to 12
Tsiklon-3
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, December 28, 2001 · 03:24 UTC
Mission
/01Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
Mission Type
Communications
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
57
Pad Launches
1517
Location Launches
56
Agency Launches
59
Orbital This Year