Zenit-2M

Last updated July 21, 2025

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Zenit-2M/2SB/2SLB
Size
Zenit-2M
Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	Yuzhmash
Country of origin	Ukraine
Height	57.35 metres (188.2 ft)
Diameter	3.9 metres (13 ft)
Mass	458,900 kilograms (1,011,700 lb)
Stages	Two
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass	12,030 kilograms (26,520 lb)

Associated rockets
Family	Zenit
Derivative work	Zenit-3SLB Zenit-3SLBF
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Baikonur Site 45/1
Total launches	2^[1]^[2]
Success(es)	2
First flight	29 June 2007
Last flight	8 November 2011

First^[3] stage
Height	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)
Powered by	RD-171
Maximum 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
Propellant	LOX/RG-1

v t e Ukrainian launch vehicles
Cyclone (Tsyklon)	Tsyklon-1M Tsyklon-2 Tsyklon-3 Tsyklon-4 Cyclone-4M
Zenit	Zenit-2 Zenit-2M Zenit-3SL Zenit-3SLB Zenit-3F
Mayak	Mayak
Dnipro (Dnepr)	Dnipro
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