Zenit Launch Vehicle Family
Zenit was a Soviet and Ukrainian medium-lift launch-vehicle lineage designed by Yuzhnoye and manufactured by Yuzhmash. Its high-performance kerosene and liquid-oxygen two-stage base flew from Baikonur, supported the international Sea Launch and Land Launch programmes, and supplied the technology used for Energia’s strap-on boosters.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Zenit rocket family11K77 familyЗенитЗеніт
- Family Name
- Zenit
- Full Name
- Zenit Launch Vehicle Family
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Zenit was a Soviet and Ukrainian medium-lift launch-vehicle lineage designed by Yuzhnoye and manufactured by Yuzhmash. Its high-performance kerosene and liquid-oxygen two-stage base flew from Baikonur, supported the international Sea Launch and Land Launch programmes, and supplied the technology used for Energia’s strap-on boosters.
- First Flight Year
- 1,985
- Last Flight Year
- 2,017
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Zenit-2 base configuration
- Notes
- Exact two-stage Zenit-2 base alternative: one RD-171 first-stage main engine, one RD-120 second-stage main engine, and one RD-8 second-stage steering engine. Zenit-3SL, Land Launch, and other later variants with distinct upper stages or modernized RD-171M remain separately represented or intentionally unmodeled.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenit_(rocket_family)
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 10:46:21 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 15:10:12 UTC
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