Zenit-2

Zenit-2
Image by NASA

Country of Origin: Soviet Union / Ukraine
Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye

Height: 57 m
Diameter: 3.9 m
Payload to LEO: 13.74 tons
Total Mass: 460 tons

Launch Sites: Baikonur
First Flight: April 13, 1985 (Zenit-2); June 29, 2007 (Zenit-2M)
Last Flight: June 10, 2004 (Zenit-2); November 8, 2011 (Zenit-2M)
Total Launches: 36 (Zenit-2); 2 (Zenit-2M)
Successful Launches: 28 (Zenit-2); 2 (Zenit-2M)

 

 

Zenit-2

Stage Diameter Fuel Engine Time Thrust (Vac.) ISP (SL / Vac.) Mass / Empty Mass
1 3.9 m RP-1 / LOX RD-171 150 s 7908 kN ? / 337 s
2 RP-1 / LOX RD-120 + RD-8 verniers 315 s 833.6 kN + 79.5 kN ? / 349 s

 

 

Zenit-2M

Stage Diameter Fuel Engine Time Thrust (Vac.) ISP (SL / Vac.) Mass / Empty Mass
1 3.9 m RP-1 / LOX RD-171 140-150 s 7908 kN ? / 337.2 s 354.35 tons / 27.56 tons
2 3.9 m RP-1 / LOX RD-120 + RD-8 verniers 360-370 s 883.6 kN + 79.4 kN ? / 349 s 90.79 tons / 8.3 tons

 

 

 

 

Links:

b14643.de

Wikipedia – Zenit-2

Wikipedia – Zenit-2M

Destination Orbite

Space Launch Report

Encyclopedia Astronautica

Russian Space Web

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