Tsiklon-3 | Strela-3 128 to 130 & Gonets 10 to 12

Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.

Mission Details

  • Launch date: December 28, 2001 at 03:24 AM UTC
  • Launch vehicle: Tsiklon-3
  • Operator: Russian Space Forces
  • Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
  • Mission type: Communications