Zenit rocket

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The Zenit rocket is a family of Ukrainian-designed, medium-lift launch vehicles originally developed in the Soviet era and used for both government and commercial satellite launches.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Zenit launch vehicle 2
Sea Launch 1
Zenit rocket canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf launch vehicle family
orbital launch vehicle
commercialOperator Land Launch
Sea Launch
linked to: Zenit rocket
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Ukraine
designer Yuzhnoye Design Office
linked to: Yuzhmash
developedDuring Soviet era
developedFor modular use with Energia heavy-lift rocket first stage
familyName Zenit
firstFlight 1985
firstStageEngine RD-171
firstStageEngineVariant RD-171M
linked to: RD-171
fuel RP-1 kerosene
launchAzimuth equatorial launches from Pacific Ocean
launchCapability medium-lift
launchConfiguration two-stage to low Earth orbit
launchMassClass medium
manufacturer Yuzhmash
notableFeature environmentally cleaner kerosene-LOX propellant compared to hypergolic Soviet rockets
high degree of automation
numberOfStages 2
orbitType geostationary transfer orbit
low Earth orbit
oxidizer liquid oxygen
primaryLaunchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
propulsionType liquid-fueled
relatedTo Energia rocket
Sea Launch program
seaLaunchPlatform Odyssey launch platform
secondStageEngine RD-120
status partially retired
successorTo earlier Soviet medium-lift launchers
upperStageOption Block DM-SL
linked to: Blok DM

Fregat
Zenit-3 upper stage
linked to: Zenit rocket
usedBy Russian space program
Soviet space program
Ukrainian space program
linked to: Yuzhmash
usedFor Land Launch missions
Sea Launch missions
commercial satellite launches
government satellite launches
variant Zenit-2
linked to: Zenit rocket

Zenit-2M
linked to: Zenit rocket

Zenit-3F
linked to: Zenit rocket

Zenit-3SL
linked to: Zenit rocket

Zenit-3SLB
linked to: Zenit rocket

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baikonur Cosmodrome rocketLaunched Zenit rocket
Zenit rocket variant Zenit-2
linked to: Zenit rocket
Zenit rocket variant Zenit-2M
linked to: Zenit rocket
Zenit rocket variant Zenit-3SL
linked to: Zenit rocket
Zenit rocket variant Zenit-3SLB
linked to: Zenit rocket
Zenit rocket variant Zenit-3F
linked to: Zenit rocket
Zenit rocket commercialOperator Sea Launch
linked to: Zenit rocket
Zenit rocket upperStageOption Zenit-3 upper stage
linked to: Zenit rocket
NPO Energomash usedOn Zenit launch vehicle
linked to: Zenit rocket
Blok DM developedFor Zenit launch vehicle
linked to: Zenit rocket