Zenit-3SLB

Zenit-3SLB/3M

Zenit-3SLB
Function Carrier rocket
Manufacturer Yuzhnoye
Country of origin  Ukraine
Size
Height 59.6 metres (196 ft)
Diameter 3.9 metres (13 ft)
Mass 471,000 kilograms (1,038,000 lb)
Stages Three
Capacity
Payload to GTO 3,750 kilograms (8,270 lb)
Associated rockets
Family Zenit
Comparable Zenit-3SLBF
Launch history
Status Active
Launch sites Baikonur Site 45/1
Total launches 6
Successes 6
First flight 28 April 2008 (AMOS-3)
Last flight 31 August 2013 (AMOS-4)
First stage - Zenit-2SB First stage[1]
Length 32.9 m (108 ft)
Diameter 3.9 m (13 ft)
Empty mass 27,564 kg (60,768 lb)
Gross mass 354,350 kg (781,210 lb)
Propellant mass RG-1: 90,219 kg (198,899 lb)
LOX: 236,567 kg (521,541 lb)
Engines RD-171
Thrust Sea Level: 7,257 kN (1,631,000 lbf)
Vacuum: 7,908 kN (1,778,000 lbf)
Specific impulse Sea Level: 309.5 s (3.035 km/s)
Vacuum: 337.2 s (3.307 km/s)
Burn time 140-150 seconds
Fuel LOX/RG-1
Second stage - Zenit-2SB Second stage[1]
Length 10.4 m (34 ft)
Diameter 3.9 m (13 ft)
Empty mass 8,307 kg (18,314 lb)
Gross mass 90,794 kg (200,167 lb)
Propellant mass RG-1: 23,056 kg (50,830 lb)
LOX: 59,431 kg (131,023 lb)
Engines 1 RD-120
1 RD-8
Thrust RD-120: 912 kilonewtons (205,000 lbf)
RD-8: 79.4 kilonewtons (17,800 lbf)
Specific impulse Vacuum:
RD-120: 350 s (3.4 km/s)
RD-8: 342.8 s (3.362 km/s)
Burn time 360-370 seconds
Fuel LOX/RG-1
Third stage - Blok DM-SLB
Engines 1 RD-58M
Thrust 84.9 kilonewtons (19,100 lbf)
Specific impulse 352 sec
Burn time 650 seconds
Fuel LOX/RG-1

The Zenit-3SLB or Zenit-3M is a Ukrainian expendable carrier rocket derived from the Zenit-2SB. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which were designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. It is a modified version of the Zenit-3SL, designed to be launched from a conventional launch pad rather than the Sea Launch Ocean Odyssey platform.

Launches of Zenit-3SLB rockets are conducted from Site 45/1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Commercial launches are conducted by Land Launch, and use the designation 3SLB, whilst launches conducted by Roskosmos or the Russian Space Forces will use the designation 3M.

It consists of a Zenit-2SB (Zenit-2M) core vehicle, with a Block DM-SLB upper stage. The first launch of a Zenit-3SLB occurred on 28 April 2008, carrying the Israeli AMOS-3 satellite. This was also the first commercial Zenit launch from Baikonur since a failed Globalstar launch in 1998, and the first launch to be conducted by the Land Launch consortium.

Launches

# Date and Time(UTC) Payload Orbit Outcome
1 April 28, 2008 AMOS-3 GEO Success
2 February 26, 2009 Telstar 11N GTO Success
3 June 21, 2009 MEASAT-3a GTO Success
4 November 30, 2009 Intelsat 15 GTO Success[2]
5 October 5, 2011 Intelsat 18 GTO Success
6 August 31, 2013 AMOS-4 GTO Success
References: [3]

References

  • Wade, Mark. "Zenit". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
  1. 1 2 "Zenit-2SB". Roscosmos (in Russian). Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. "Zenit rocket launches with communications satellite". Spaceflight Now. November 30, 2009.
  3. Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit family". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
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