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Launch Complex: LC90/20.
Baikonur. Old Name: PU20. Latitude: 46.0855 deg. Longitude: 62.9167 deg. Used by: Tsiklon, UR-200. First Launch: 1964-09-24. Last Launch: 2006-06-24. Number Launches: 11.

LC90/20 Chronology

1964 September 24 - 05:56 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-200. State trials missile test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 686 km (426 mi). Demonstration launch witnessed by Khrushchev.

1964 October 2 - 03:35 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-200. State trials missile test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 681 km (423 mi).

1964 October 20 - 02:29 GMT - Launch Vehicle: UR-200. State trials missile test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,129 km (701 mi).

1968 April 24 - 16:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Cosmos 217 Mass: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Spacecraft: IS-P. Agency: PKO. Perigee: 140 km (80 mi). Apogee: 179 km (111 mi). Inclination: 62.30 deg. Period: 87.70 min. Unsuccessful launch of ASAT target. Satellite did not separate from last rocket stage. Planned launch of interceptor cancelled.

1968 October 20 - 04:02 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Cosmos 249 Mass: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Spacecraft: IS-A. Agency: PKO. Perigee: 498 km (309 mi). Apogee: 2,075 km (1,289 mi). Inclination: 62.30 deg. Period: 111.30 min. ASAT interceptor. Intercepted Cosmos 248 target on second orbit. Repeatedly approached Cosmos 248, verifying primary and reserve homing and guidance systems. Destroyed itself in test of on-board destruct system. Counted as a failure by Western observers because that target was not destroyed; but this was not an objective of the test. Left 109 fragments in orbit, of which 54 were still in orbit in 1996.

1968 November 1 - 00:27 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Cosmos 252 Mass: 1,400 kg (3,000 lb). Spacecraft: IS-A. Agency: PKO. Perigee: 535 km (332 mi). Apogee: 2,104 km (1,307 mi). Inclination: 62.30 deg. Period: 112.00 min. ASAT interceptor. Intercepted and destroyed Cosmos 248 target satellite within one day of launch. Left 139 fragments in orbit, the largest of any ASAT test.

1969 November 1 - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Test mission Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 200 km (120 mi).

1999 December 26 - 08:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Tsiklon-2 801 (45082801) Cosmos 2367 Mass: 3,150 kg (6,940 lb). Spacecraft: US-PU. Agency: Russian Navy. Perigee: 404 km (251 mi). Apogee: 418 km (259 mi). Inclination: 65.00 deg. Passive naval electronic intelligence satellite. The satellite was placed in an initial 147 km x 442 km orbit at 65 degree inclination. The US-PM's propulsion module fired at apogee to circularize the orbit. Replaced the only previous remaining US-PM satellite which ended operations in November and reentered earlier in December 1999.

2001 December 21 - 04:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Cosmos 2383 Mass: 3,150 kg (6,940 lb). Spacecraft: US-PU. Agency: Russian Navy (Russia). Perigee: 404 km (251 mi). Apogee: 415 km (257 mi). Inclination: 65.00 deg. Signal Intelligence Satellite. Launch delayed December 19. The booster put the satellite into an initial orbit of 145 x 405 km x 65.0 deg. At apogee the satellite ignited its own propulsion system to increase velocity by about 70-80 m/s and circularize the orbit.

2004 May 28 - 06:00 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Cosmos 2405 Mass: 3,150 kg (6,940 lb). Spacecraft: US-PU. Agency: Russian Navy. Perigee: 405 km (251 mi). Apogee: 417 km (259 mi). Inclination: 65.00 deg. Period: 92.80 min. Original reported name Cosmos 2407.

2006 June 24 - Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon. Cosmos 2421 Mass: 3,150 kg (6,940 lb). Spacecraft: US-PU. Agency: Russian Navy.


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