Launch Overview
Vehicle
Tsiklon-2
Agency
Soviet Space Program
Site / Pad
NIIP-5 / LC90
Outcome
Success
Flight
51035-504
COSPAR Designator
1981-037
Mission
US-A 18 (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
1484 (33 YTD)
Site launches
592 (14 YTD)
Pad launches
30 (5 YTD)