Zenit-3F

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Yuzhmash
Country of originUkraine
Size
Height59.6 metres (196 ft)
Diameter3.9 metres (13 ft)
Mass471,000 kilograms (1,038,000 lb)
StagesThree
Capacity
Payload to GTO
Mass4,000 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
)
Payload Orbit Outcome
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

  1. ^ "Zenit-3SLBF". Yuzhnoye.
  2. ^ a b "Zenit-2SB". Roscosmos (in Russian). Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Russia meteo satellite Electro-L successfully orbited". ITAR-TASS. 2011-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22.
  4. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit family". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-04-15.