Launch Overview
Vehicle
Tsiklon-2
Agency
Soviet Space Program
Site / Pad
NIIP-5 / LC90
Outcome
Success
Flight
51052-103
COSPAR Designator
1980-034
Mission
US-A 16 (Government/Top Secret)
Active radar satellite for ocean surveillance powered by a nuclear reactor.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Tsiklon-2
Provider
Soviet Space Program
Agency launches
1388 (26 YTD)
Site launches
563 (9 YTD)
Pad launches
24 (3 YTD)