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Zenit Family
Zenit-2 [Yuzhnoye] |
Zenit-3SL (2) (Koreasat-5) [SeaLaunch] |
Zenit-3SLB [Yuzhnoye] |
Zenit-3F (Spektr-R) [Roskosmos] |
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit-2 | Zenit-2 (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2 (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | - |
| Zenit-2SLB / Zenit-2M | Zenit-2SB40 (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2SB40 (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | - |
| Zenit-3 | 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 |
| Zenit-2FG | Zenit-2SB41 (St. 1) / RD-171 | Zenit-2SB41 (St. 2) / RD-120 + RD-8 | (mod. Fregat-SB (Fobos-Grunt) / S5.92) |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenit-2 | 13740 | 11380 | - | - | - | - | |
| Zenit-2SLB | 12030 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 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 TNo Type Date LS Payload
1 1 Zenit-2 13.04.1985 Ba LC-45/ F Kosmos (1645) (EPN 03.0694 #1) 2 2 Zenit-2 21.06.1985 Ba LC-45/ P Kosmos (1663) (EPN 03.0694 #2) 3 3 Zenit-2 22.10.1985 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1697 (EPN 03.0694 #3) 4 4 Zenit-2 28.12.1985 Ba LC-45/ P Kosmos 1714 (Tselina-2 #3) 5 5 Zenit-2 30.07.1986 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1767 (EPN 03.0695 #1) 6 6 Zenit-2 22.10.1986 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1786 (Taifun-1B #9, Yug #9) / GVM 7 7 Zenit-2 14.02.1987 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1820 (EPN 03.0695 #2) 8 8 Zenit-2 18.03.1987 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1833 (EPN 03.0694 #4) 9 9 Zenit-2 13.05.1987 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1844 (Tselina-2 #4) 10 10 Zenit-2 01.08.1987 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1871 (EPN 03.0695 #3) 11 11 Zenit-2 28.08.1987 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1873 (EPN 03.0695 #4) 12 12 Zenit-2 15.05.1988 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1943 (Tselina-2 #5) 13 13 Zenit-2 23.11.1988 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 1980 (Tselina-2 #6) 14 14 Zenit-2 22.05.1990 Ba LC-45/2 Kosmos 2082 (Tselina-2 #7) 15 15 Zenit-2 04.10.1990 Ba LC-45/2 F Kosmos (2102) (Tselina-2 #8) 16 16 Zenit-2 30.08.1991 Ba LC-45/1 F Kosmos (2155) (Tselina-2 #9) 17 17 Zenit-2 05.02.1992 Ba LC-45/1 F Kosmos (2180) (Tselina-2 #10) 18 18 Zenit-2 17.11.1992 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2219 (Tselina-2 #11) 19 19 Zenit-2 25.12.1992 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2227 (Tselina-2 #12) 20 20 Zenit-2 26.03.1993 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2237 (Tselina-2 #13) 21 21 Zenit-2 16.09.1993 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2263 (Tselina-2 #14) 22 22 Zenit-2 23.04.1994 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2278 (Tselina-2 #15) 23 23 Zenit-2 26.08.1994 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2290 (Orlets-2 #1) 24 24 Zenit-2 04.11.1994 Ba LC-45/1 Resurs-O1 3 & Safir-R 25 25 Zenit-2 24.11.1994 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2297 (Tselina-2 #16) 26 26 Zenit-2 31.10.1995 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2322 (Tselina-2 #17) 27 27 Zenit-2 04.09.1996 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2333 (Tselina-2 #18) 28 28 Zenit-2 20.05.1997 Ba LC-45/1 F Kosmos (2342) (Tselina-2 #19) 29 29 Zenit-2 10.07.1998 Ba LC-45/1 Resurs-O1 4 & IRIS 1 / TMSat 1 / Techsat 1B / FASat Bravo / Safir 2 / WESTPAC 1 30 30 Zenit-2 28.07.1998 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2360 (Tselina-2 #20) 31 31 Zenit-2 09.09.1998 Ba LC-45/1 F Globalstar M005, M007, M009, M010, M011, M012, M013, M016, M017, M018, M020, M021 32 1 Zenit-3SL (1) 28.03.1999 SL DemoSat 33 32 Zenit-2 17.07.1999 Ba LC-45/1 Okean-O 1 34 2 Zenit-3SL (1) 10.10.1999 SL DirecTV 1R 35 33 Zenit-2 03.02.2000 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2360 (Tselina-2 #21) 36 3 Zenit-3SL (1) 12.03.2000 SL F ICO F1 37 4 Zenit-3SL (1) 28.07.2000 SL PAS 9 38 34 Zenit-2 29.09.2000 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2372 (Orlets-2 #2) 39 5 Zenit-3SL (1) 21.10.2000 SL Thuraya 1 40 6 Zenit-3SL (1) 18.03.2001 SL XM 2 (XM Rock) 41 7 Zenit-3SL (1) 08.05.2001 SL XM 1 (XM Roll) 42 35 Zenit-2 10.12.2001 Ba LC-45/1 Meteor-3M 1 / Kompass / Badr B / Maroc-Tubsat / Reflector 43 8 Zenit-3SL (1) 15.06.2002 SL Galaxy 3C 44 1 Zenit-3SL (2) 10.06.2003 SL Thuraya 2 45 9 Zenit-3SL (1) 08.08.2003 SL EchoStar 9 (Telstar 13) 46 10 Zenit-3SL (1) 01.10.2003 SL Galaxy 13/Horizons 1 47 11 Zenit-3SL (1) 11.01.2004 SL Telstar 14 (Estrela do Sul 1) 48 12 Zenit-3SL (1) 04.05.2004 SL DirecTV 7S 49 36 Zenit-2 10.06.2004 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2406 (Tselina-2 #22) 50 13 Zenit-3SL (1) 29.06.2004 SL P Telstar 18 (APStar 5) 51 2 Zenit-3SL (2) 01.03.2005 SL XM 3 52 3 Zenit-3SL (2) 26.04.2005 SL Spaceway 1 53 14 Zenit-3SL (1) 23.06.2005 SL Intelsat Americas 8 54 4 Zenit-3SL (2) 08.11.2005 SL Inmarsat-4 F2 55 15 Zenit-3SL (1) 15.02.2006 SL EchoStar 10 56 5 Zenit-3SL (2) 12.04.2006 SL JCSat 9 57 6 Zenit-3SL (2) 18.06.2006 SL Galaxy 16 58 7 Zenit-3SL (2) 22.08.2006 SL Koreasat 5 59 8 Zenit-3SL (2) 30.10.2006 SL XM 4 60 9 Zenit-3SL (2) 30.01.2007 SL F NSS 8 61 1 Zenit-2M 29.06.2007 Ba LC-45/1 Kosmos 2428 (Tselina-2 #23) 62 16 Zenit-3SL (1) 15.01.2008 SL Thuraya 3 63 10 Zenit-3SL (2) 19.03.2008 SL DirecTV 11 64 1 Zenit-3SLB 28.04.2008 Ba LC-45/1 AMOS 3 65 11 Zenit-3SL (2) 21.05.2008 SL Galaxy 18 66 12 Zenit-3SL (2) 16.07.2008 SL EchoStar 11 67 13 Zenit-3SL (2) 24.09.2008 SL Galaxy 19 68 2 Zenit-3SLB 26.02.2009 Ba LC-45/1 Telstar 11N 69 14 Zenit-3SL (2) 20.04.2009 SL SICRAL 1B 70 3 Zenit-3SLB 21.06.2009 Ba LC-45/1 MEASAT 3a 71 4 Zenit-3SLB 30.11.2009 Ba LC-45/1 Intelsat 15 72 1 Zenit-3F 20.01.2011 Ba LC-45/1 Elektro-L 1 73 2 Zenit-3F 18.07.2011 Ba LC-45/1 Spektr-R (Radio-Astron) 74 15 Zenit-3SL (2) 24.09.2011 SL Atlantic Bird 7 75 5 Zenit-3SLB 05.10.2011 Ba LC-45/1 Intelsat 18 76 1 Zenit-2FG 08.11.2011 Ba LC-45/1 Fobos-Grunt / Yinghuo 1 [Fregat-SB] 77 16 Zenit-3SL (2) 01.06.2012 SL Intelsat 19 78 17 Zenit-3SL (2) 19.08.2012 SL Intelsat 21 79 18 Zenit-3SL (2) 03.12.2012 SL Eutelsat 70B 80 19 Zenit-3SL (2) 01.02.2013 SL F Intelsat 27 81 6 Zenit-3SLB 31.08.2013 Ba LC-45/1 AMOS 4 82 20 Zenit-3SL (2) 26.05.2014 SL Eutelsat 3B 83 3 Zenit-3F 11.12.2015 Ba LC-45/1 Elektro-L 2 84 4 Zenit-3F 26.12.2017 Ba LC-45/1 AngoSat 1 Planned: 85 5 Zenit-3F xx.xx.20xx Ba LC-45/1 Lybid 1 Failures: Flight 01: Flight 02: second stage failed, but some debris reached orbit Flight 04: second stage failed to reignite Flight 15: first stage engine exploded after 3 seconds Flight 16: second stage exploded Flight 17: second stage malfunction Flight 28: first stage cut off after 45 sec Flight 31: Flight 36: Flight 50: Blok-DM-SL underperformed Flight 60: Flight 80: first stage cut off after ~25 sec Launch sites: Ba = Baikonur (Tyuratam, NIIP-5, GIK-5), Tyuratam, KazakhstanSL = Sea Launch Platform, Pacific Ocean near Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Pacific Ocean
