NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Koronas I

Launch Time
Wed Mar 02, 1994 03:25 UTC

Rocket

Tsyklon-3
VKS RF
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

Koronas I

KORONAS-I (or CORONAS-I), a Russian-Ukranian spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-3 booster from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried UV and x-ray instruments to map the Sun and plasma monitors to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,160.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1994

15th orbital launch attempt

Tsyklon-3

109th mission
3rd mission of 1994
105th successful mission
33rd consecutive successful mission