Carried Ukraine's Sich-1M Earth-observation satellite and the Russian Mikron microsatellite from Plesetsk. The Tsiklon-3 third stage cut off early, leaving both satellites stranded in a much lower orbit than planned.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T
- Flight
- 121st
- of 122 Tsiklon-3 flights
- Date and time
- 24 December 2004, 11:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2004-052
- Launches in 2004
- 53rd of 54
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