Tsiklon-2A Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Tsiklon-2A, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. It is one of the variants covered on the Tsiklon family page.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Tsiklon-2A made 8 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1967 and 1969. It is part of the Tsiklon family. Of those, 7 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 88 percent. The busiest year was 1968, with 5 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1969.
8
Launch attempts
7
Successes
1
Failures
88%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Launch sites used
Sites the Tsiklon-2A launched from, across every launch in the catalog.
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIIP-5 | 🇷🇺Soviet Union | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Launch chronology
Every Tsiklon-2A launch in the catalog, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 1969 | 1969-U03 | N 22500-12L : 11K69 Fairing, 8S671, US-A reactor DU +4 more, US-A No. 5 radar, US-A DU, 8S672, US-A No. 212 ROCh | NIIP-5 / LC90/19 | Failure |
| Nov 1, 1968 | 1968-097 | N 22500-09L : [Or Molniya debris], Fairing, 8S671 +14 more, deb Kosmos-252, deb Kosmos-252 [*], Unknown deb, 8S672, deb Kosmos-252 [*}, [UNID122] RCS 0.2, deb IS, [UNID039] RCS 0.0, [UNID038] RCS 0.1, [UNID027] RCS 0.0, [UNID024], [UNID023] RCS 0.0, [UNID022] RCS 0.0, I2P No. 413 | NIIP-5 / LC90/20 | Success |
| Oct 20, 1968 | 1968-091 | N 22500-05L : Fairing, 8S671, deb Kosmos-249 [*] +12 more, deb Kosmos-249, Previous ID, deb Kosmos-249 [*}, [UNID106] RCS 0.01, [UNID026], [UNID025] RCS 0.1, [UNID021] RCS 0.0, [UNID020] RCS 0.1, [UNID019] RCS 0.0, [UNID018] RCS 0.0, 8S672, I2P No. 412 | NIIP-5 / LC90/20 | Success |
| Oct 19, 1968 | 1968-090 | N 22500-06L : Fairing, 8S671, 8S672 +2 more, deb Kosmos-248, I2M No. 314 | NIIP-5 / LC90/19 | Success |
| Apr 24, 1968 | 1968-036 | Fairing, 8S671, 8S672 +1 more, I2M No. 213 | NIIP-5 / LC90/20 | Success |
| Mar 22, 1968 | 1968-023 | N 22500-08L : 11K69 Fairing, 8S671, US-A reactor DU +6 more, 8S672, Kosmos-209 reactor part, US-A, US-A RLS antenna, deb Kosmos-209, US-A No. 211 ROCh | NIIP-5 / LC90/19 | Success |
| Dec 27, 1967 | 1967-127 | N 22500-07L : 11K69 Fairing, 8S671, US-A reactor DU +4 more, 8S672, US-A radar, US-A DU, US-A No. 210 ROCh | NIIP-5 / LC90/19 | Success |
| Oct 27, 1967 | 1967-104 | N 22500-03L : 8S671, 8S672, I2B No. 104 | NIIP-5 / LC90/19 | Success |