Launched Russia's CORONAS-F solar observatory from Plesetsk to study solar activity, carrying X-ray monitors, radio receivers, and particle detectors with sub-arcminute solar pointing accuracy.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T
- Flight
- 119th
- of 122 Tsiklon-3 flights
- Date and time
- 31 July 2001, 08:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 2001-032
- Launches in 2001
- 32nd of 59
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