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Zenit (rocket family)

Zenit (Ukrainian: Зеніт, Russian: Зени́т; meaning Zenith) was a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union. Zenit was originally built in the 1980s for two purposes: as a liquid rocket booster for the Energia rocket and, equipped with a second stage, as a stand-alone…

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Burn time
150 seconds · 315 seconds · 650 seconds · 877 seconds
Country of origin
Zenit-2: USSR, Ukraine · Zenit-3SL: Ukraine
Diameter
3.9 m (13 ft)
Failures
10 · 7 Zenit 2 · 3 Zenit 3SL
First flight
Zenit 2: 13 April 1985 · Zenit 3SL: 28 March 1999 · Zenit 2M: 29 June 2007 · Zenit 3SLB: 28 April 2008 · Zenit 3F: 20 January 2011
Function
Medium-lift expendable carrier rocket

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Success(es) · 6
Zenit (rocket family) → 2 Zenit 2M, 28 Zenit 2, 32 Zenit 3SL, 4 Zenit 3F, 5 Zenit 3SLB, 71
Total launches · 6
Zenit (rocket family) → 2 Zenit 2M, 36 Zenit 2, 36 Zenit 3SL, 4 Zenit 3F, 6 Zenit 3SLB, 84
First flight · 5
Zenit (rocket family) → Zenit 2: 13 April 1985, Zenit 2M: 29 June 2007, Zenit 3F: 20 January 2011, Zenit 3SL: 28 March 1999, Zenit 3SLB: 28 April 2008
Last flight · 5
Zenit (rocket family) → Zenit 2: 10 June 2004, Zenit 2M: 8 November 2011, Zenit 3F: 26 December 2017, Zenit 3SL: 26 May 2014, Zenit 3SLB: 31 August 2013
Burn time · 4
Zenit (rocket family) → 150 seconds, 315 seconds, 650 seconds, 877 seconds
Mass · 4
Zenit (rocket family) → 444,900–462,200 kg (980,800–1,019,000 lb), Zenit-2: 11,380 kg (25,090 lb), Zenit-2: 13,740 kg (30,290 lb), Zenit-3SL: 6,000 kg (13,000 lb)
Maximum thrust · 4
Zenit (rocket family) → 19,600 newtons (4,400 lbf), 8,180 kilonewtons (1,840,000 lbf), 84,900 newtons (19,100 lbf), 912 kilonewtons (205,000 lbf) 79,500 newtons (17,900 lbf)
Partial failures · 4
Zenit (rocket family) → 1 Zenit 2, 1 Zenit 3SL, 1 Zenit 3SLB, 3
Powered by · 4
Zenit (rocket family) → 1 RD-120 1 RD-8, 1 RD-171, 1 RD-58M, 1 S5.92
Specific impulse · 4
Zenit (rocket family) → 327 seconds (3.21 km/s), 337 seconds (3.30 km/s), 349 seconds (3.42 km/s), 352 seconds (3.45 km/s)

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launch zenit stage first rocket zenit-3sl satellite second launches booster sea launched two platform energia used ukraine baikonur russian seconds

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Zenit (rocket family)Burn time150 seconds1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Burn time315 seconds1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Burn time650 seconds1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Burn time877 seconds1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Country of originZenit-2: USSR, Ukraine1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Country of originZenit-3SL: Ukraine1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Diameter3.9 m (13 ft)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Failures101.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Failures7 Zenit 21.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Failures3 Zenit 3SL1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)First flightZenit 2: 13 April 19851.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)First flightZenit 3SL: 28 March 19991.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)First flightZenit 2M: 29 June 20071.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)First flightZenit 3SLB: 28 April 20081.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)First flightZenit 3F: 20 January 20111.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)FunctionMedium-lift expendable carrier rocket1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Height57–59.6 m (187–196 ft)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Last flightZenit 2: 10 June 20041.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Last flightZenit 3SL: 26 May 20141.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Last flightZenit 2M: 8 November 20111.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Last flightZenit 3SLB: 31 August 20131.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Last flightZenit 3F: 26 December 20171.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Launch sitesBaikonur LC-451.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Launch sitesOdyssey (ocean platform)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)ManufacturerYuzhnoye (design)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)ManufacturerYuzhmash (manufacturing)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)Mass444,900–462,200 kg (980,800–1,019,000 lb)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)MassZenit-2: 13,740 kg (30,290 lb)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)MassZenit-2: 11,380 kg (25,090 lb)1.00infobox
Zenit (rocket family)MassZenit-3SL: 6,000 kg (13,000 lb)1.00infobox

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