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Zenit-3
 Zenit-3SL (1) (DirecTV 1R) [SeaLaunch] |
 Zenit-3SL (2) (Koreasat 5) [SeaLaunch] |
 Zenit-3SLB [Yuzhnoye] |
 Zenit-3F (Spektr-R) [Roskosmos] |
→ complete list of Zenit flights
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit-3SL | Zenit-2 (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2 (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | Blok-DM / 11D58M |
| Zenit-3SL (1) | Zenit-2S (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2S (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | Blok-DM-SL / 11D58M |
| Zenit-3SL (2) | Zenit-2S (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2S (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | Blok-DM-SL (str.) / 11D58M |
| Zenit-3SLB / Zenit-3M | Zenit-2SB60 (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2SB60 (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | Blok-DM-SL-B / 11D58M |
| Zenit-3F | Zenit-2SB80 (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2SB80 (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | Fregat-SB / S5.92 |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit-3 | 3820 | 600 | 3000 | ||||
| Zenit-3SL (1) | 7000 | 7000 | 5700 | ||||
| Zenit-3SL (2) | 7000 | 7000 | 6160 | 2900 | 4658 | 4098 | |
| Zenit-3SLB | 3750 | 1600 | 4540 | 3780 | |||
| Zenit-3F |
Nr Type Date LS Payload
1 1 Zenit-3SL (1) 28.03.1999 SL DemoSat 2 2 Zenit-3SL (1) 10.10.1999 SL DirecTV 1R 3 3 Zenit-3SL (1) 12.03.2000 SL F ICO F1 4 4 Zenit-3SL (1) 28.07.2000 SL PAS 9 5 5 Zenit-3SL (1) 21.10.2000 SL Thuraya 1 6 6 Zenit-3SL (1) 18.03.2001 SL XM 2 7 7 Zenit-3SL (1) 08.05.2001 SL XM 1 8 8 Zenit-3SL (1) 15.06.2002 SL Galaxy 3C 9 1 Zenit-3SL (2) 10.06.2003 SL Thuraya 2 10 9 Zenit-3SL (1) 08.08.2003 SL EchoStar 9 (Telstar 13) 11 10 Zenit-3SL (1) 01.10.2003 SL Galaxy 13/Horizons 1 12 11 Zenit-3SL (1) 11.01.2004 SL Telstar 14 (Estrela do Sul 1) 13 12 Zenit-3SL (1) 04.05.2004 SL DirecTV 7S 14 13 Zenit-3SL (1) 29.06.2004 SL P Telstar 18 (APStar 5) 15 2 Zenit-3SL (2) 01.03.2005 SL XM 3 16 3 Zenit-3SL (2) 26.04.2005 SL Spaceway 1 17 14 Zenit-3SL (1) 23.06.2005 SL Intelsat Americas 8 18 4 Zenit-3SL (2) 08.11.2005 SL Inmarsat-4 F2 19 15 Zenit-3SL (1) 15.02.2006 SL EchoStar 10 20 5 Zenit-3SL (2) 12.04.2006 SL JCSat 9 21 6 Zenit-3SL (2) 18.06.2006 SL Galaxy 16 22 7 Zenit-3SL (2) 22.08.2006 SL Koreasat 5 23 8 Zenit-3SL (2) 30.10.2006 SL XM 4 24 9 Zenit-3SL (2) 30.01.2007 SL F NSS 8 25 16 Zenit-3SL (1) 15.01.2008 SL Thuraya 3 26 10 Zenit-3SL (2) 19.03.2008 SL DirecTV 11 27 1 Zenit-3SLB 28.04.2008 Ba LC-45/1 AMOS 3 28 11 Zenit-3SL (2) 21.05.2008 SL Galaxy 18 29 12 Zenit-3SL (2) 16.07.2008 SL EchoStar 11 30 13 Zenit-3SL (2) 24.09.2008 SL Galaxy 19 31 2 Zenit-3SLB 26.02.2009 Ba LC-45/1 Telstar 11N 32 14 Zenit-3SL (2) 20.04.2009 SL SICRAL 1B 33 3 Zenit-3SLB 21.06.2009 Ba LC-45/1 MEASAT 3a 34 4 Zenit-3SLB 30.11.2009 Ba LC-45/1 Intelsat 15 35 1 Zenit-3F 20.01.2011 Ba LC-45/1 Elektro-L 1 36 2 Zenit-3F 18.07.2011 Ba LC-45/1 Spektr-R (Radio-Astron) 37 15 Zenit-3SL (2) 24.09.2011 SL Atlantic Bird 7 38 5 Zenit-3SLB 05.10.2011 Ba LC-45/1 Intelsat 18 39 16 Zenit-3SL (2) 01.06.2012 SL Intelsat 19 40 17 Zenit-3SL (2) 19.08.2012 SL Intelsat 21 41 18 Zenit-3SL (2) 03.12.2012 SL Eutelsat 70B 42 19 Zenit-3SL (2) 01.02.2013 SL F Intelsat 27 43 6 Zenit-3SLB 31.08.2013 Ba LC-45/1 AMOS 4 44 20 Zenit-3SL (2) 26.05.2014 SL Eutelsat 3B 45 3 Zenit-3F 11.12.2015 Ba LC-45/1 Elektro-L 2 46 4 Zenit-3F 26.12.2017 Ba LC-45/1 AngoSat 1 planned flights: 5 Zenit-3F xx.xx.20xx Ba LC-45/1 Lybid 1 Launch sites: Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, KazakhstanSL = Sea Launch Platform, Pacific Ocean near Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Pacific Ocean Failures: Flight 3: Flight 14: Blok-DM-SL underperformance
