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Status

Success

Cosmos 2106

Launch Time
Wed Nov 28, 1990 16:33 UTC

Rocket

Tsyklon-3
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 3,032 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,100 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 39.27 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.7 m
Fairing Height: 9.54 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 2106

Cosmos 2106 is a satellite of the Koltso constellation. The Koltso satellites were an enlarged version of the Taifun-2 radar calibration satellites.

Kosltso was a third-generation system with a more accurate pointing system and a larger amount of up to 36 Romb subsatellites. It was designed to test elements of the Moscow air defence system.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,500.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1990

109th orbital launch attempt

Tsyklon-3

88th mission
7th mission of 1990
84th successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission