Tsiklon-3 | 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.

Mission Details

  • Launch date: March 2, 1994 at 03:25 AM UTC
  • Launch vehicle: Tsiklon-3
  • Operator: Russian Space Forces
  • Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
  • Mission type: Astrophysics