Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8

Launch information

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Mission description

Second generation ASAT satellite

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8’.

Launch image Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8

Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Dec. 21, 1977, 10:35 a.m.

Timezone: Asia/Qyzylorda

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

IS-A 8 (LEO)

Launcher

Soviet Space Program

Rocket

Tsiklon-2

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

90

Type

Government/Top Secret

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Satellites on-board

Satellites on-board the space mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8’ are identified by cross checking database entries for launches and satellites. Results could be inaccurate from time to time.

Number Name Orbit Inclination Country/Organization Status
10531 COSMOS 970 LEO 65.85 COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES In-orbit

Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Tsiklon-2 | IS-A 8’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#2032

To this date

Location Launch

#506

To this date

Pad Launch

#18

To this date

Agency Launch

#1176

To this date

Orbital Launch

#127

Year 1977

Location Launch

#29

Year 1977

Pad Launch

#7

Year 1977

Agency Launch

#99

Year 1977

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