Zenit-3F
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| Function | Carrier rocket |
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| Manufacturer | Yuzhnoye |
| Country of origin |  Ukraine |
| Size | |
| Height | 59.6 metres (196 ft) |
| Diameter | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
| Mass | 471,000 kilograms (1,040,000 lb) |
| Stages | Three |
| Associated rockets | |
| Family | Zenit |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Active |
| Launch sites | Baikonur Site 45/1 |
| First Stage | |
| Engines | 1 RD-171 |
| Thrust | 8,180 kilonewtons (1,840,000 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 337 sec |
| Burn time | 150 seconds |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX |
| Second Stage | |
| Engines | 1 RD-120 1 RD-8 |
| Thrust | 912 kilonewtons (205,000 lbf) 79.5 kilonewtons (17,900 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 349 sec |
| Burn time | 315 seconds |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX |
| Third Stage - Fregat-SB | |
| Engines | 1 S5.92 |
| Thrust | 19.6 kilonewtons (4,400 lbf) |
| Specific impulse | 327 sec |
| Burn time | 877 seconds |
| Fuel | N2O4/UDMH |
The Zenit-3F, Zenit-3SLBF or Zenit-2SB/Fregat is an expendable carrier rocket. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which were designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine.
Launches of Zenit-3SLBF rockets are conducted from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 45/1. The rocket consists of a Zenit-2SB (Zenit-2M) core vehicle, with a Fregat-SB upper stage, developed by NPO Lavochkin of Russia, in place of the Block-DM used on the Zenit-3SL and 3SLB.
The first launch of a Zenit-3F took place on 20 January 2011. The payload was an Elektro-L new generation weather satellite.[1] A Zenit-3F was also used to successfully launch the Spektr-R radio astronomy satellite on 18 July 2011.
References [edit]
- Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit family". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ "Russia meteo satellite Electro-L successfully orbited". ITAR-TASS. 2011-01-21.
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