edkyle99 - 16/6/2006 12:01 AMWhich area/pad will this launch take place from?
Space Lizard - 22/6/2006 12:03 PMLaunch time anyone?
slipstream - 25/6/2006 1:49 AMITAR-TASS and RIAN report successful launch of Tsyklon-2 rocket carrying a Kosmos-series satellite. Liftoff time was 8:00 MSD (04:00 UTC) and payload separated from the launch vehicle at 8:05 MSD.
edkyle99 - 25/6/2006 10:19 AM If I've counted correctly, that was the 92nd consecutive Tsyklon 2 success going back to 1973, and the 104th success in 105 orbital attempts since the first launch of the Tsyklon 2 type in 1969. These numbers would make Tsyklon-2 the world's most reliable existing space launcher. - Ed Kyle
myersd97 - 25/6/2006 9:40 AMI got the same error. To see the pics, go to the basic website (www.federalspace.ru), click on the Russian language icon in the upper right, then click on the first news item (on the lower right side with the dates next to each item).- Darrell
jcm - 25/6/2006 9:59 AMQuoteedkyle99 - 25/6/2006 10:19 AM If I've counted correctly, that was the 92nd consecutive Tsyklon 2 success going back to 1973, and the 104th success in 105 orbital attempts since the first launch of the Tsyklon 2 type in 1969. These numbers would make Tsyklon-2 the world's most reliable existing space launcher. - Ed KyleBe careful though: the Tsyklon 2 delivers only to a marginal orbit with 100 km perigee (like the STS ET and theAriane 5 first stage). There have been a number of failures of the payload orbit insertion engine leading to"successful" Tsyklon 2 launches in which the satellite failed to complete more than a couple of orbits. So it's a little bit unfairto compare it to vehicles like Ariane or Atlas which perform a complete orbital insertion.And the three-stage version, Tsyklon 3, doesn't have quite as good a record. - Jonathan McDowell