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