Zenit

Zenit was a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnipro, Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union. Zenit was originally built in the 1980s for two purposes: as a liquid rocket booster for the Energia rocket and, equipped with a second stage, as a stand-alone middle-weight launcher with a payload greater than the 7 tonnes of the Soyuz but smaller than the 20 tonnes payload of the Proton. The last rocket family developed in the USSR, the Zenit was intended as an eventual replacement for the dated Soyuz and Proton families, and it would employ propellants which were safer and less toxic than the Proton's nitrogen tetroxide/UDMH mix. Zenit was planned to take over crewed spaceship launches from Soyuz, but these plans were abandoned after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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  Zenit-2 ⓘ
  Ukrainian-Russian rocket

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  Zenit-2M ⓘ
  Ukrainian rocket

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  Zenit-3F ⓘ
  expendable carrier rocket

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  Zenit-3SL ⓘ
  expendable carrier rocket

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  Zenit-3SLB ⓘ
  USSR expendable carrier rocket

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The first launch of the Zenith-3SL launch vehicle obverse

2004. Марка России strip hi12849193904c96505ed102b

Human Space Systems

Kaluga Wikiexpedition (2016-06-11) 0430

KMZ Zenit S camera

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	rocket		Zenit-2	Zenit	Wikidata
class	rocket		Zenit-2M	Zenit	Wikidata
class	rocket		Zenit-3F	Zenit	Wikidata
class	rocket		Zenit-3SL	Zenit	Wikidata
class	rocket		Zenit-3SLB	Zenit	Wikidata
commons	image		The first launch of the Zenith-3SL launch vehicle obverse		Commons
commons	image		2004. Марка России strip hi12849193904c96505ed102b		Commons
commons	image		Human Space Systems		Commons
commons	image		Kaluga Wikiexpedition (2016-06-11) 0430		Commons
commons	image		KMZ Zenit S camera		Commons