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Zenit 3SL

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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
4.6 m
Diameter
0.42 m
Mass
0
Stages
1
Thrust
45 kN
Payload to LEO
0
Payload to GTO
0
First flight
1999-03-28
Total launches
36
Success / Fail
33 / 3

The Zenit-3SL was an expendable carrier rocket operated by Sea Launch. First flown in 1999, it was launched 36 times, with three failures and one partial failure. It was a member of the Zenit family of rockets, and is built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. RKK Energia produced the Block DM-SL upper stage, whilst the payload fairing was produced by Boeing. Launches were conducted from the Ocean Odyssey platform anchored on the equator in the Pacific Ocean, at a point with 154°W longitude, about 370 kilometres east of Kiritimati.

Payloads it launched

33 loaded