Russian Space Forces

Strela-3 128 to 130 & Gonets 10 to 12

Tsiklon-3

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, December 28, 2001 · 03:24 UTC

Mission

/01

Gonets- 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

/02

Rocket

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

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