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 the second generation of Russian strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
The Tsyklon-3 was a Soviet, and subsequently Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket. A derivative of the R-36 ICBM, and a member of the Tsyklon family, it made its maiden flight on 24 June 1977, and was retired on 30 January 2009.
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Mission Profile
Gonets-D 319 to 321 & Strela-3 113 to 115 was a Tsiklon-3 mission operated by Russian Space Forces that lifted off from 32/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on February 19, 1996. The flight carried its payload on a communications mission to Low Earth Orbit. The launch was a success.