Sich-1M Mission

Launch Status

Failure

Date & Time

24 Dec 2004, 11:20am

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Pad

32/2

Launch Service Provider

Russian Space Forces logo

Russian Space Forces

Vehicle

Tsiklon-3

Mission

Sich-1M

Mission Type

Earth Science

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Ukranian-built remote sensing satellite. Third stage apogee kick burn was too short, raising the perigee of the orbit from 78 km to 280 km, rather than the 650 km planned..

Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC

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