Zenit-3F

Function	Carrier rocket
Manufacturer	Yuzhmash
Country of origin	Ukraine
Size
Height	59.6 m (196 ft)
Diameter	3.9 m (13 ft)
Mass	471,000 kg (1,038,000 lb)
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to GTO
Mass	4,000 kg (8,800 lb)
Associated rockets
Family	Zenit
Launch history
Status	Retired
Launch sites	Baikonur, Site 45/1
First flight	20 January 2011 (Elektro-L No.1)
Last flight	26 December 2017 (AngoSat 1)
First stage – Zenit-2SB first 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	1 × RD-171
Maximum thrust	SL: 7,257 kN (1,631,000 lbf); vac: 7,908 kN (1,778,000 lbf)
Specific impulse	SL: 309.5 s (3.035 km/s); vac: 337.2 s (3.307 km/s)
Burn time	140–150 seconds
Propellant	LOX/RG-1
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The Zenit-3F, Zenit-3SLBF or Zenit-2SB/Fregat was an expendable carrier rocket. It was a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which were designed by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine.

Launches of Zenit-3SLBF rockets were conducted from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 45/1. The rocket consisted 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.^[3] A Zenit-3F was also used to successfully launch the Spektr-R radio astronomy satellite on 18 July 2011.

Launches

Flight No.	Date and time (UTC)	Payload	Orbit	Outcome
1	20 January 2011 12:29	Elektro-L No.1	GEO	Success
2	18 July 2011 02:31	Spektr-R	HEO	Success
3	11 December 2015 13:45	Elektro-L No.2	GEO	Success
4	26 December 2017 19:00	AngoSat 1	GEO	Success
References:^[4]

References

↑ "Zenit-3SLBF". Yuzhnoye.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
1 2 "Zenit-2SB". Roscosmos (in Russian). Retrieved 7 April 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Russia meteo satellite Electro-L successfully orbited". ITAR-TASS. 2011-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22.
↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit family". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

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[1] "Zenit-3SLBF". Yuzhnoye.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[Roscosmos-Zenit-2SB-2] 1 2 "Zenit-2SB". Roscosmos (in Russian). Retrieved 7 April 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[itartass_launch-3] "Russia meteo satellite Electro-L successfully orbited". ITAR-TASS. 2011-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-01-22.

[4] Krebs, Gunter. "Zenit family". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

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