Russian solar-physics satellite Coronas-Photon, third in the CORONAS series, launched from Plesetsk to study solar flares and cosmic-ray activity. It was the final flight of the Tsyklon-3 launch vehicle, which was retired after this mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.3 T
- Flight
- 122nd
- of 122 Tsiklon-3 flights
- Date and time
- 30 January 2009, 13:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Heliophysics
- International designator
- 2009-003
- Launches in 2009
- 3rd of 78
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