Russian Space Forces

Sich-1M

Tsiklon-3

FAILURE
Failure

Friday, December 24, 2004 · 11:20 UTC

Mission

/01

Ukranian-built remote sensing satellite. Third stage apogee kick burn was too short, raising the perigee of the orbit from 78 km to 280 km, rather than the 650 km planned..

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Tsiklon-3

Variant: 3

Launch Pad

32/2

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.906° N, 40.784° E

64

Pad Launches

1540

Location Launches

61

Agency Launches

54

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