Tsyklon-3

Tsyklon-3 (Tsiklon-3)
Tsyklon-3 on display in downtown Dnipro
FunctionCarrier rocket
ManufacturerYuzhmash
Country of originSoviet Union (Ukraine)
Size
Height39.27 m (128.8 ft)
Diameter3 m (9.8 ft)
Mass189,000 kg (417,000 lb)
Stages3
Capacity
Payload to low Earth orbit
Mass4,100 kg (9,000 lb)
Associated rockets
FamilyR-36, Tsyklon
Derivative workTsyklon-4, Cyclone-4M
ComparableDelta II
Launch history
StatusRetired[1]
Launch sitesPlesetsk Cosmodrome LC-32
Total launches122
Success(es)114
Failure(s)8
First flight24 June 1977
Last flight30 January 2009[1]
Type of passengers/cargoTselina
Meteor
Okean
Geo-IK
Strela
First stage – 11K69
Powered by1 RD-261 module (3 RD-250PM engines)
Maximum thrust3,032 kN (682,000 lbf)
Specific impulse301 sec
Burn time120 seconds
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH
Second stage – 11S692
Powered by1 RD-262
Maximum thrust941 kN (212,000 lbf)
Specific impulse318 sec
Burn time160 seconds
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH
Third stage – 11S693
Powered by1 RD-861
Maximum thrust78.7 kN (17,700 lbf)
Specific impulse317 sec
Burn time125 seconds
PropellantN2O4 / 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]

  1. ^ a b Barbosa, Rui C. (2009-01-30). "Russian Tsyklon-3 bows out with CORONAS launch". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  2. ^ "SL-14". NY20.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.