Vehicle file · LV-445
Tsiklon-3
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau · Tsiklon · RETIRED
Tsiklon-3 is an expendable orbital launch vehicle built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. It stands 39.3 m tall, lifts 4,100 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 24 June 1977. It has flown 122 times with 115 successes, a success rate of 94.3%. It has no flight on the public manifest at the moment.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
PUBLISHED
Height39.3 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO4,100 kg
Payload to GTONOT PUBLISHED
Maiden flight24 June 1977
ReusableNo — expendable
Launch cost$15,000,000M
StatusRetired
Flight record
Reliability
ON RECORD
Total flights122
Successful115
Failed7
Success rate94.3%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant3
About Tsiklon-3
The Tsyklon-3 was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
EMPTY
No Tsiklon-3 flight is filed in the current manifest window. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.
All upcoming launchesCommon questions
- How many times has Tsiklon-3 flown?
- Tsiklon-3 has flown 122 orbital missions, with 115 successes and 7 failures.
- What is Tsiklon-3's success rate?
- Tsiklon-3 has a success rate of 94.3%, from 115 successful flights out of 122 attempts.
- When is the next Tsiklon-3 launch?
- Tsiklon-3 has no flight on the public manifest at the moment. Scheduled missions appear here as soon as a launch date is filed.
- How much can Tsiklon-3 lift to orbit?
- Tsiklon-3 is rated for 4,100 kg to low Earth orbit. These are the operator's published maximums and assume an expendable or fully optimised configuration.
- Is Tsiklon-3 reusable?
- No. Tsiklon-3 is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.