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Zenit is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

Height

57 m

Diameter

3.9 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Manufacturer

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

Total launches

1

Successful

0

Pending

0

Successful landings

0

Flight system

Built to move mass beyond the atmosphere.

Yuzhnoye Design Office, located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) established by Mikhail Yangel in 1951. The Zenit launch vehicle currently launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome but also used to launch from an ocean platform, Odyssey.