R-36(M) (Tsyklon/Dnepr) Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1963-2015) Page 1 of 2: R-36 Variants L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) R-36 R-36-O Tsyklon Tsyklon Tsyklon R-36M(U) R-36M2 Dnepr R-36(M) R-36(M) ICBM* FOBS 2A 2 3 ICBM* ICBM* Orbital All (R-36) (R-36) (R-36) (R-36MU) Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1960 - - - - - - - - - - 1961 - - - - - - - - - - 1962 - - - - - - - - - - 1963 3(1) - - - - - - - - 3(1) 1964 16(5) - - - - - - - - 16(5) 1965 19(3) 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 20(3) 1966 12(2) 4(0)# - - - - - - 4(0)# 16(2)# 1967 11(0) 10(1) 2(0) - - - - - 12(1) 23(1) 1968 15(1) 4(0) 5(1) - - - - - 9(1) 24(2) 1969 17(0) 1(0) 1(1) 3(0)% - - - - 4(1) 22(1) 1970 27(1) 2(0) - 4(0) - - - - 6(0) 33(1) 1971 5(0) 1(0) - 5(0) - 4(0) - - 6(0) 15(0) 1972 5(0) - - 1(0) - 6(2) - - 1(0) 12(2) 1973 8(3) - - 2(1) - 15(3) - - 2(1) 25(7) 1974 4(1) - - 3(0) - 19(4) - - 3(0) 26(5) 1975 7(1) - - 4(0) - 14(0) - - 4(0) 25(1) 1976 - - - 8(0) - 8(0) - - 8(0) 16(0) 1977 - - - 7(0) 3(0) 8(0) - - 10(0) 18(0) 1978 - - - 1(0) 2(0) 19(2) - - 3(0) 22(2) 1979 - - - 2(0) 1(0) 10(0) - - 3(0) 13(0) 1980 - - - 4(0) 1(0) 8(0) - - 5(0) 13(0) 1981 - - - 8(0) 5(1) 5(0) - - 13(1) 18(1) 1982 - - - 8(0) 4(0) 6(0) - - 12(0) 18(0) 1983 - - - 2(0) 5(0) 8(0) - - 7(0) 15(0) 1984 - - - 4(0) 7(1) 2(0) - - 11(1) 13(1) 1985 - - - 5(0) 12(0) - - - 17(0) 17(0) 1986 - - - 5(0) 12(1) 1(0) 3(3) - 17(1) 21(4) 1987 - - - 6(0) 11(0) 4(1) 11(2) - 17(0) 32(3) 1988 - - - 3(0) 10(0) 3(0) 6(1) - 13(0) 22(1) 1989 - - - 3(0) 8(1) - 6(0) - 11(1) 17(1) 1990 - - - 4(0) 8(0) 2(0) 3(0) - 12(0) 17(0) 1991 - - - 1(0) 8(0) 2(0) 4(0) - 9(0) 15(0) 1992 - - - - 5(0) - - - 5(0) 5(0) 1993 - - - 4(0) 4(0) - - - 8(0) 8(0) 1994 - - - 1(0) 7(1) - - - 8(1) 8(1) 1995 - - - 2(0) 1(0) - - - 3(0) 3(0) 1996 - - - 1(0) 1(0) - - - 2(0) 2(0) 1997 - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) - - 2(0) 3(0) 1998 - - - - 1(1) - 1(0) - 1(1) 2(1) 1999 - - - 1(0) - - - 1(0) 2(0) 2(0) 2000 - - - - 1(1) - - 1(0) 2(1) 2(1) 2001 - - - 1(0) 2(0) - - - 3(0) 3(0) 2002 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) 2003 - - - - - - - - - - 2004 - - - 1(0) 1(1) - 1(0) 1(0) 3(1) 4(1) 2005 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) 2006 - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 2(1) 3(1) 4(1) 2007 - - - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) 3(0) 2008 - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 2(0) 2009 - - - - 1(0) - 1(0) 1(0) 2(0) 3(0) 2010 - - - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) 3(0) 2011 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) 2012 - - - - - - - - - - 2013 - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0) 2(0) 3(0) 2014 - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) 2(0) 2015 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 1(0) 2016 - - - - - - - - - - 2017 - - - - - - - - - - 2018 - - - - - - - - - - 2019 - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R-36 R-36-O Tsyklon Tsyklon Tsyklon R-36M(U) R-36M2 Dnepr R-36(M) R-36(M) ICBM* FOBS 2A 2 3 ICBM* ICBM* Orbital All (R-36) (R-36) (R-36) (R-36MU) Totals Totals L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 149(18) - - 1(0) - 145(12) 38(6) - - 333(36) Orbit - 23(1) 8(2) 105(1) 122(8) - - 22(1) - 280(13) Total 149(18) 23(1) 8(2) 106(1) 122(8) 145(12) 38(6) 22(1) - 613(49) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * Suborbital Flights # Does not include one vehicle destroyed in ground test accident in 1966 % Includes one suborbital test flight in 1969 Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" Orbital Report "http://www.orbireport.com" SpaceFlightNow "http://www.spaceflightnow.com" Last Update 12/27/2019 by Ed Kyle