Cyclone

The Cyclone-4 space launch system is created in cooperation between Yuzhnoye SDO, Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant, NPP Kharotron-Arkos, Ukraine, INFRAERO, Brazil, and FGUP Design Bureau of Transport Machinery, Russia. The System will provide commercial launch services into LEO, SSO, and GTO. The newest and the most powerful rocket in the Cyclone family, the Cyclone-4 is based on the flight-proven Cyclone-3 rocket.

cyclone
TitleValue
Number of stages3
Launch weight (w/o payload), tons195
Propellant components 
- oxidizerNTO
- fuelUDMH
Propellant margin, tons 
- Stage 1121
- Stage 249
- Stage 39
Vacuum thrust, t 
- Stage 1270
- Stage 296
- Stage 37,9
Maximum axial overload, gnot higher than 6.8
Inclination range (for the Alcantara launch site), deg2.3 to 100

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