Tsyklon-3

Tsyklon-3 (Tsiklon-3)

Tsyklon-3 on display in downtown Dnipro
Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	Yuzhmash
Country of origin	Soviet Union (Ukraine)
Size
Height	39.27 m (128.8 ft)
Diameter	3 m (9.8 ft)
Mass	189,000 kg (417,000 lb)
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to low Earth orbit
Mass	4,100 kg (9,000 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	R-36, Tsyklon
Derivative work	Tsyklon-4, Cyclone-4M
Comparable	Delta II
Launch history
Status	Retired[1]
Launch sites	Plesetsk Cosmodrome LC-32
Total launches	122
Success(es)	114
Failure(s)	8
First flight	24 June 1977
Last flight	30 January 2009[1]
Type of passengers/cargo	Tselina Meteor Okean Geo-IK Strela
First stage – 11K69
Powered by	1 RD-261
Maximum thrust	3,032 kN (682,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	301 sec
Burn time	120 seconds
Propellant	N2O4 / UDMH
Second stage – 11S692
Powered by	1 RD-262
Maximum thrust	941 kN (212,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	318 sec
Burn time	160 seconds
Propellant	N2O4 / UDMH
Third stage – 11S693
Powered by	1 RD-861
Maximum thrust	78.7 kN (17,700 lbf)
Specific impulse	317 sec
Burn time	125 seconds
Propellant	N2O4 / UDMH
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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]