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Tsiklon-2A

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau · Tsiklon · RETIRED

Tsiklon-2A is an expendable launch vehicle built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. It stands 39.7 m tall, lifts 3,000 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 27 October 1967. It has flown 8 times with 7 successes, a success rate of 87.5%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height39.7 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO3,000 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight27 October 1967
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights8
Successful7
Failed1
Success rate87.5%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant2A

About Tsiklon-2A

The Tsyklon was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Cosmos satellites into low Earth orbit. It is based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile designed by Mikhail Yangel and made eight launches, with seven successes and one failure. All of its launches were conducted from LC-90 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It is sometimes designated Tsyklon-2A, not to be confused with the later Tsyklon-2 rocket. It was introduced in 1967 and was derived from the R-36 ICBM (NATO designation SS-9 Scarp). It was retired in 1969.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Tsiklon-2A is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

Tsiklon-2A in the archive

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Common questions

How many times has Tsiklon-2A flown?
8 times, with 7 successes and 1 failures.
What is Tsiklon-2A's success rate?
87.5%. That's 7 successful flights out of 8 attempts.
How much can Tsiklon-2A lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Tsiklon-2A at 3,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Tsiklon-2A reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Tsiklon-2A as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.