Zenit-3F
Yuzhmash | |
Country of origin | Ukraine |
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Size | |
Height | 59.6 metres (196 ft) |
Diameter | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
Mass | 471,000 kilograms (1,038,000 lb) |
Stages | Three |
Capacity | |
Payload to GTO | |
Mass | 4,000 kilograms (8,800 lb)[1] |
Associated rockets | |
Family | UDMH |
The Zenit-3F, Zenit-3SLBF or Zenit-2SB/Fregat was an
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine
.
Launches of Zenit-3SLBF rockets were conducted from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 45/1. The rocket consisted of a Zenit-2SB (Zenit-2M) core vehicle, with a Fregat-SB upper stage, developed by NPO Lavochkin of Russia, in place of the Block-DM used on the Zenit-3SL and 3SLB.
The first launch of a Zenit-3F took place on 20 January 2011. The payload was an
Elektro-L new generation weather satellite.[3] A Zenit-3F was also used to successfully launch the Spektr-R
radio astronomy satellite on 18 July 2011.
Launches
Flight No. | Date and time ( UTC )
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Payload | Orbit | Outcome |
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1 | 20 January 2011 12:29 |
Elektro-L No.1 | GEO | Success |
2 | 18 July 2011 02:31 |
Spektr-R | HEO | Success |
3 | 11 December 2015 13:45 |
Elektro-L No.2 | GEO | Success |
4 | 26 December 2017 19:00 |
AngoSat 1 | GEO | Success |
References:[4] |
References
- ^ "Zenit-3SLBF". Yuzhnoye.
- ^ a b "Zenit-2SB". Roscosmos (in Russian). Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "Russia meteo satellite Electro-L successfully orbited". ITAR-TASS. 2011-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit family". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-04-15.