Vehicle file · LV-443
Tsiklon-2
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau · Tsiklon · RETIRED
Tsiklon-2 is an expendable orbital launch vehicle built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. It stands 39.7 m tall, lifts 2,820 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 6 August 1969. It has flown 105 times with 103 successes, a success rate of 98.1%. It has no flight on the public manifest at the moment.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
PUBLISHED
Height39.7 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO2,820 kg
Payload to GTONOT PUBLISHED
Maiden flight6 August 1969
ReusableNo — expendable
Launch cost$12,000,000M
StatusRetired
Flight record
Reliability
ON RECORD
Total flights105
Successful103
Failed2
Success rate98.1%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant2
About Tsiklon-2
The Tsyklon-2 (cyclone-2), also known as Tsiklon-2 and Tsyklon-M, GRAU index 11K69, was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet orbital carrier rocket used from the 1960s to the late 2000s.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
EMPTY
No Tsiklon-2 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-2 flown?
- Tsiklon-2 has flown 105 orbital missions, with 103 successes and 2 failures.
- What is Tsiklon-2's success rate?
- Tsiklon-2 has a success rate of 98.1%, from 103 successful flights out of 105 attempts.
- When is the next Tsiklon-2 launch?
- Tsiklon-2 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-2 lift to orbit?
- Tsiklon-2 is rated for 2,820 kg to low Earth orbit. These are the operator's published maximums and assume an expendable or fully optimised configuration.
- Is Tsiklon-2 reusable?
- No. Tsiklon-2 is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.