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Zenit-2 (Yuzhnoye Design Bureau)

The Zenit-2, manufactured by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau established in 1951, undertook its inaugural launch on 04/13/1985, is non-reusable and is inactive.

Zenit-2 has 29 successful launches and 6 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 35 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.

Zenit is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

  • Length: 57 m
  • Diameter: 3.9 m
  • Launch Mass: 459 T
  • LEO Capacity: 13740 kg
  • SSO Capacity: 5000 kg

Manufacturer

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (OKB-586)

Director: Alexander Degtyarev

Yuzhnoye Design Office, located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) established by Mikhail Yangel in 1951. The Zenit launch vehicle currently launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome but also used to launch from an ocean platform, Odyssey.

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