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FailureStrela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9 · Strategic Rocket Forces
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Dec 27, 2000, 09:56 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Dec 27, 2000, 09:56 UTC – Wednesday, Dec 27, 2000, 09:56 UTC
Provider
Strategic Rocket Forces
Rocket
Launch pad
32/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · Open map
Status
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Mission
Strela-3 125 to 127 & Gonets 7 to 9
Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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 second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
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