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Tsyklon-2A

The Tsyklon (Циклон, "Cyclone", also known as Tsiklon), GRAU index 11K67, was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Cosmos satellites into low Earth orbit. It is based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile designed by Mikhail Yangel. Tsyklon was designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau and manufactured by Yuzhmash (both in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine). Control system was designed at NPO "Electropribor"[1] (Kharkiv, Ukraine).

Missions: 8
Successes: 6
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 2
Success Streak: 0
Success Rate: 75.0%
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Configurations

Tsyklon-2A
Yuzhmash
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,650 kN
Payload to LEO: 3,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 39.65 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 10.7 m

Launch Sites

Site 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Site 90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Launches

RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | US-A n°05
Sat Jan 25, 1969 11:14 UTC
Site 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | Cosmos 252
Fri Nov 01, 1968 00:27 UTC
Site 90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | Cosmos 249
Sun Oct 20, 1968 04:02 UTC
Site 90/20, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | Cosmos 248
Sat Oct 19, 1968 04:20 UTC
Site 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | Cosmos 217
Wed Apr 24, 1968 16:00 UTC
Site 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | Cosmos 209
Fri Mar 22, 1968 09:30 UTC
Site 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | Cosmos 198
Wed Dec 27, 1967 11:28 UTC
Site 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
Tsyklon-2A | Cosmos 185
Fri Oct 27, 1967 02:21 UTC
Site 90/19, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan