1996 · Russian Space Forces
Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115
successTsiklon-3 | Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115
Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was the second generation of Russian strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
Overview
- Date / time
- February 19, 1996 at 12:58 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 32/1
- Mission
- Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit