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Zenit-2

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Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (OKB-586)

April 13, 1985

Description

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.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
57.0 m
Diameter
3.9 m
Fairing Diameter
3.9 m
Launch Mass
459.0 T
Thrust
7300.0 kN

Family

Name
Zenit-2
Family
―
Variant
2
Alias
―
Full Name
Zenit-2

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
13740.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
5000.0 kg

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

Commercial

Director: Alexander Degtyarev

OKB-586 1951

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.

Previous Flights

flew on 35 previous launch(es).

Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 22

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 10, 2004 - 01:28 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Meteor-3M No. 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
December 10, 2001 - 17:18 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Meteor-3M No.1 is the first and so far only of the Meteor-3M series polar-orbit weather satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Orlets-2 2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
September 25, 2000 - 10:10 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Orlets-2 or Yenisey was an improved Orlets-1 film return reconnaissance satellite with 22 small return capsules.

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 21

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
February 03, 2000 - 09:26 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Okean-O

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 17, 1999 - 05:38 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Okean-O was a joint Ukrainian and Russian remote sensing satellite program designed as a follow on to the Okean-O1 series. It was designed to gather remote sensing data crucial for research of natural resources of the Earth and world oceans. The mission also included ecological monitoring and management of externalities (weather forecast, hazards prevention).

Polar Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 20

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 1998 - 09:15 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Resurs-O1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 10, 1998 - 06:30 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Resurs-O1 N4 or Resurs-O1 2 is the fourth earth observation satellite in the Russian Resurs-O1 program.

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 19

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1997 - 07:07 UTC

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 18

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
September 04, 1996 - 09:01 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 17

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
October 31, 1995 - 20:19 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 16

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
November 24, 1994 - 09:15 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Resurs-O1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
November 04, 1994 - 05:47 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Resurs-O1 N3 or Resurs-O1 1 is the third earth observation satellite in the Russian Resurs-O1 program.

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Orlets-2 1

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
August 26, 1994 - 12:00 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Orlets-2 or Yenisey was an improved Orlets-1 film return reconnaissance satellite with 22 small return capsules.

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 15

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 23, 1994 - 08:01 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 14

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
September 16, 1993 - 07:36 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 13

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 26, 1993 - 02:21 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 12

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
December 25, 1992 - 05:56 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 11

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
November 17, 1992 - 07:47 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 10

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
February 05, 1992 - 18:14 UTC

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 9

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
August 30, 1991 - 08:58 UTC

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 8

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
October 04, 1990 - 04:28 UTC

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 7

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 22, 1990 - 05:14 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 6

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
November 23, 1988 - 14:50 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 5

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 15, 1988 - 09:20 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
August 28, 1987 - 08:20 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
August 01, 1987 - 03:59 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 4

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 13, 1987 - 05:40 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 18, 1987 - 08:30 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
February 14, 1987 - 08:30 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Taifun-1B 9

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
October 22, 1986 - 08:00 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Passive radar calibration satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 30, 1986 - 08:30 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | Tselina-2 3

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
December 28, 1985 - 09:16 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Second generation ELING satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
October 22, 1985 - 07:00 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 21, 1985 - 08:29 UTC

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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Zenit-2 | GVM Tselina-2

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | Ukraine
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 13, 1985 - 08:00 UTC

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Dynamic simulator of the Tselina-2 ELINT satellite

Low Earth Orbit

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