Russian Space Forces
Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115
Tsiklon-3
SUCCESS
Success
Monday, February 19, 1996 · 00:58 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 the second generation of Russian 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
53
Pad Launches
1475
Location Launches
49
Agency Launches
10
Orbital This Year