 Tsyklon-3 on display in downtown Dnipro | |
| Function | Carrier rocket |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Yuzhmash |
| Country of origin | Soviet Union (Ukraine) |
| Size | |
| Height | 39.27 m (128.8 ft) |
| Diameter | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Mass | 189,000 kg (417,000 lb) |
| Stages | 3 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to low Earth orbit | |
| Mass | 4,100 kg (9,000 lb) |
| Associated rockets | |
| Family | R-36, Tsyklon |
| Derivative work | Tsyklon-4, Cyclone-4M |
| Comparable | Delta II |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Retired[1] |
| Launch sites | Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC-32 |
| Total launches | 122 |
| Success(es) | 114 |
| Failure(s) | 8 |
| First flight | 24 June 1977 |
| Last flight | 30 January 2009[1] |
| Type of passengers/cargo | Tselina Meteor Okean Geo-IK Strela |
| First stage – 11K69 | |
| Powered by | 1 RD-261 module (3 RD-250PM engines) |
| Maximum thrust | 3,032 kN (682,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 301 sec |
| Burn time | 120 seconds |
| Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
| Second stage – 11S692 | |
| Powered by | 1 RD-262 |
| Maximum thrust | 941 kN (212,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 318 sec |
| Burn time | 160 seconds |
| Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
| Third stage – 11S693 | |
| Powered by | 1 RD-861 |
| Maximum thrust | 78.7 kN (17,700 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 317 sec |
| Burn time | 125 seconds |
| Propellant | N2O4 / UDMH |
The Tsyklon-3, also known as Tsiklon-3 and Cyclone-3 (known as SL-14 by the United States DoD), GRAU index 11K68, was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. Tsyklon 3 rocket body debris accounts for more than 500 pieces of space debris.[2]
- ^ a b Barbosa, Rui C. (2009-01-30). "Russian Tsyklon-3 bows out with CORONAS launch". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
- ^ "SL-14". NY20.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.