Strela (Rocket)

Strela

The Strela carrier rocket
Function	Orbital carrier rocket
Manufacturer	NPO Mashinostroyeniya, JSC "Khartron", Ukraine (control system)[1]
Country of origin	Russia
Size
Height	28.3 metres (93 ft)[2]
Diameter	2.5 metres (8.2 ft)[2]
Mass	105,000 kilograms (231,000 lb)[3]
Stages	2
Capacity
Payload to LEO	1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb)[3]
Associated rockets
Family	Universal Rocket
Launch history
Status	Inactive
Launch sites	Baikonur Cosmodrome
Total launches	3
Successes	3
First flight	5 December 2003
First stage
Diameter	2.5 m (8.2 ft)[4]
Engines	3 RD-0233 (15D95) 1 RD-0234(15D96)[5][6]
Thrust	2,080 kN (470,000 lbf)[7][8]
Specific impulse	310s[7]
Burn time	120 seconds
Fuel	N 2O 4 / UDMH
Second stage
Diameter	2.5 m (8.2 ft)[4]
Engines	1 RD-0235 (15D113) 1 RD-0236 (15D114)[5][6]
Thrust	255.76 kN (57,500 lbf)[9][10]
Specific impulse	310s[9]
Burn time	180 seconds
Fuel	N 2O 4 / UDMH
Third stage – APB (Agregatno-Priborny Otsek)[2]
Engines	1 RD-0237[11]
Thrust	4.90 kilonewtons (1,100 lbf)[11]
Specific impulse	200 s sec[11]
Fuel	N 2O 4 / UDMH

External images

Strela launch vehicle launch 19.12.2014

Strela launch vehicle launch 19.12.2014

Strela launch vehicle launch 19.12.2014

Strela (Russian: Стрела, arrow) is a Russian orbital carrier rocket, derived from the Soviet/Russian UR-100NU missile. It conducted its maiden test launch on 5 December 2003, carried its first functional payload on 27 June 2013,^[12] and a second one on 19 December 2014.^[13][14]

Strela was originally planned to be launched from the Svobodny Cosmodrome, with test launches being conducted from existing UR-100 silos at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Svobodny was closed in 2007, without seeing any Strela launches. It is unclear whether a Strela launch complex will be incorporated into the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which is being built on the site of Svobodny.^{[citation needed]}

Strela differs from the Rockot, which is also derived from the UR-100, in that it has undergone fewer modifications, such as the absence of an additional Briz-KM upper stage, as used on the Rockot. However it is equipped with a repurposed APB as upper stage, which was designed to deliver nuclear warheads. It is also launched from silos, whereas the Rockot is launched from flat pads.^{[citation needed]}

Launch history

See also

• Comparison of orbital launchers families
• Comparison of orbital launch systems
• Dnepr rocket

References

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