Zenit-3SL Launch List

[Stan Black]

Zenit

DM‑SL

Launch Date

Payload

Mass

Perigee

Apogee

Inc.

1

SL1

1TL

28.03.1999

DEMOSAT

4,500

2

3L

10.10.1999

DIRECTV‑1R

2,800

+0·63

35,786

+32·01

3

2L

12.03.2000

ICO‑F1

10,104

10,104

45

Failure.

4

4L

29.07.2000

PAS‑9

3,659

1,900

+0·50

35,786

+28·3

1·2

5

6L

21.10.2000

Thuraya

5,108

214

35,786

+37·1

6.3

6

5L

19.03.2001

XM‑Radio‑2

4,666

906

+0·02

35,786

+27·6

1·25

7

7L

09.05.2001

XM‑Radio‑1

4,672

906

+0·03

35,786

+29·8

1·25

8

SL8

/

8L

9L & 11L

16.06.2002

Galaxy‑IIIC

4,850

361

+0·01

41,440

+29·2

0·0

9

SL16

/

18L

10.06.2003

Thuraya‑D2

5,177

1,200

‑0·007

35,786

+10·9

6·3

RD‑120 forced DM‑SL 18L

10

SL10

/

10L

SL12

/

12L

08.08.2003

Echostar‑IX / TELSTAR‑13

4,737

760

+0·02

35,786

+20·72

0·0

11

SL13

/

12L

SL12

/

9L

01.10.2003

Galaxy‑XIII / Horizons‑1

4,090

2,380

+0·2

35,786

+11·3

0·0

12

SL12

/

9L

16L

11.01.2004

TELSTAR‑14 / Estrela‑do‑Sul‑1

4,694

760

+0·05

35,786

+39·2

0·0

13

SL14

/

16L

04.05.2004

DIRECTV‑7S

5,483

200

‑0·005

35,786

+8.2

0·0

RD‑120 forced DM‑SL 16L

14

SL11

/

11L

SL17

/

13L

29.06.2004

TELSTAR‑18

4,780

760 722

35,786 21,618

0·0

Partial failure.

15

SL17

/

17L

01.03.2005

XM‑Radio‑3

4,703

2,468

+0·1

35,786

+6

0·0

16

SL18

/

19L

26.04.2005

Spaceway‑1

6,080

250

‑0·01

34,128

+4·4

0·0

17

SL4

/

13L

SL19

23.06.2005

INTELSAT‑Americas‑8

5,500

202

+0·01

35,636

+6·5

0·0

18

SL19

/

20L

SL15

/

14L

08.11.2005

INMARSAT‑4

5,958

310

+0·02

35,786

+10·3

0·0

19

SL15

/

14L

SL21

/

22L

16.02.2006

Echostar‑X

4,333

1,685

35,737

+11

0·0

1st RD‑171M

20

SL21

/

22L

SL20

/

21L

13.04.2006

JCSAT‑9

4,401

1,685

35,747

‑0·2

0·0

RD‑171M

21

SL20

/

21L

SL23

/

23L

18.06.2006

Galaxy‑16

4,640

2,300

+0·06

35,636

+6·8

0·0

22

SL23

/

23L

SL22

/

24L

22.08.2006

KOREASAT‑5

4,448

2,925

+0·1

35,636

+5·2

0·0

23

SL22

/

24L

SL24

31.10.2006

XM‑Radio‑4

5,193

1,239

36,057

+2·1

0·0

24

SL24

/

25L

31.01.2007

New‑Skies‑8

5,978

250

37,246

0·0

Failure of RD‑171M №A144

25

SL25

/

15L

SL26

15.01.2008

Thuraya‑D3

5,173

740

35,786

+11·2

6·2

26

SL26

/

26L

SL27

20.03.2008

DIRECTV‑11

5,923

250

36,482

+2·8

0·0

27

SL27

/

27L

SL28

21.05.2008

Galaxy‑18

4,642

2,550

35,636

+2·1

0·0

28

SL28

/

28L

SL29

16.07.2008

Echostar‑XI

5,511

750

35,643

+7.6

0·0

29

SL29

/

29L

24.09.2008

Galaxy‑19

4,690

2,810

+0·3

35,636

+8·1

0·0

30

SL30

/

30L

20.04.2009

SICRAL‑1B

3,038

8,606

+0·4

35,666

+5·4

0·0

RD‑171M

SL31

15.07.2009

EUTELSAT‑W7

5,627

SL32

15.12.2009

XM‑Radio‑5

RD-120 forced has thrust raised from 85 to 93 tonnes force.

ICO-F1
 The failure cause analysis panel has stated that the launch abort was caused by the non-issue (during launch processing 105 s prior to launch) of a command to close a electropneumatic valve (ЭПК ВЗТ23) of LV Stage 2 pneumatic system from the Ground Complex of Automated Control Systems of Processing and Launch. As a result of it, due to considerable gas release from LV Stage 2 onboard bottles the starting and operation of LV Stage 2 steering engine were performed in off-nominal conditions with subsequent unauthorized termination of steering engine operation. The absence of a command to close ЭПК ВЗТ23 in the pre-launch processing control law was the result of a logical mistake made by the developer during the control law updating prior to launch of Zenit-3SL ILV with ICO-F1 SC.
http://www.energia.ru/en/launchers/sea-launch/chron-05.html

Zenit SL24 New-Skies-8
 The off-nominal situation resulted from a fire in the first stage engine, which was caused by a metal particle that had found its way into the area of the oxidiser pump impeller.
http://www.energia.ru/en/launchers/sea-launch/chron-26.html

 DM-SL 16L introduced the following: an increase in the specific impulse due to a carbon nozzle extension on the engine, the replacement of the tape memory unit in the system of onboard measurements with solid state, design changes to decrease mass.
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3676&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8944

 DM-SL 18L introduced the following: an increase in the size of the tanks holding an additional 1·5 tonnes of propellant, removal of one omnidirectional antenna, design changes to decrease mass.
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3676&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45

http://www.energia.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru
http://www.lpre.de
http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.530
http://www.yuzhnoye.com/?idD=14&id=20&path=Digests/Digests

[Stan Black]

Mission	Payload	Zenit-2S	DM-SL	Contract signed	Launch date	Start number
SL1	Demosat	SL1	1TL		28.03.1999	1
SL2	Directv-1R		3L		10.10.1999	2
SL3	ICO-F1		2L		12.03.2000	3
SL4	PAS-9		4L		29.07.2000	4
SL5	Thuraya		6L	00.00.1997	21.10.2000	5
SL6	XM-Radio-1		7L		09.05.2001	7
SL7	XM-Radio-2		5L		19.03.2001	6
SL8	Galaxy-IIIC	SL8	8L		16.06.2002	8
SL9	Thuraya-D2	SL16	18L		10.06.2003	9
SL10	Echostar-IX Telstar-13	SL10	10L		08.08.2003	10
SL11	Galaxy-XIII Horizons-1	SL13	12L	04.09.2001	01.10.2003	11
SL12	Telstar-14 Estrela-do-Sul-1	SL12	9L	00.12.2002	11.01.2004	12
SL13	Directv-7S	SL14	16L	04.11.2003	04.05.2004	13
SL14	Intelsat-Americas-8	SL4	13L		23.06.2005	17
SL15	Spaceway-1	SL18	19L		26.04.2005	16
SL16	NSS-8	SL24	25L		31.01.2007	24
SL17
SL18	XM-Radio-3	SL17	17L		01.03.2005	15
SL19
SL20	Telstar-18	SL11	11L		29.06.2004	14
SL21
SL22	XM-Radio-4	SL22	24L	07.08.2003	31.10.2006	23
SL23	Inmarsat-4F2	SL19	20L	01.03.2004	08.11.2005	18
SL24	Echostar-X	SL15	14L		16.02.2006	19
SL25	Koreasat-5	SL23	23L		22.08.2006	22
SL26
SL27
SL28
SL29	Galaxy-16	SL20	21L		18.06.2006	21
SL30	Galaxy-18	SL27	27L		21.05.2008	27
SL31	JCS-9	SL21	22L		13.04.2006	20
SL32	Directv-11	SL26	26L	15.11.2005	20.03.2008	26
SL33
SL34	Echostar-XI	SL28	28L	08.05.2006	16.07.2008	28
SL35	Galaxy-19	SL29	29L	02.05.2006	24.09.2008	29
SL36	Thuraya-D3	SL25	15L	12.06.2006	15.01.2008	25
SL37
SL38	Directv-12
SL39	Atlantic-Bird-7	SL31	31L	15.07.2011	24.09.2011	31
SL40	XM-Radio-5	SL32
SL41
SL42	SICRAL-1B	SL30	30L		20.04.2009	30
SL43
SL44	Eutelsat-W7	SL31
SL45	Intelsat-19	SL33	32L		01.06.2012	32
SL46
SL47
SL48	Intelsat-27	SL36	35L		01.02.2013	35
SL49	Intelsat-21	SL34	33L		19.08.2012	33
SL50	Eutelsat-W5A	SL35	34L		04.12.2012	34

[Danderman]

"DM-SL 18L introduced the following: an increase in the size of the tanks holding an additional 1·5 tonnes of propellant, removal of one omnidirectional antenna, design changes to decrease mass."

What is the difference between this enlarged prop tank and the one used for the DM-03 (which was overfilled in 2010, causing a crash)?  Does the "03" variant have an even larger prop tank, or are the enlarged prop tanks the same? In other words, is the Blok-DM-03 basically the same as the Blok-DM used for SeaLaunch since 18L?

[Stan Black]

From 2013:-

The Zenit-2S Quarterly Production Review will be conducted by Energia Logistics LLC for Zenit # 37 & 38 on August 13 & 14th at the Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash facilities in Dnepropetrovsk, followed by Hardware Acceptance of the Block-DM-SL # 36 & 37 at RSC Energia Moscow facilities on August 15th.

https://www.facebook.com/sealaunch/posts/540367662695511

A Zenit-3SL Quarterly Production Review (QAR) will be held the week of December 13th at RSC Energia’s Korolev facility to verify the production status and review quality documents of Block-DM-SL’s (#38 - 40) presently in production. The Zenit-2S QAR will take place at the Yuzhnoye/Yuzhmash facilities on December 18th.

https://www.facebook.com/sealaunch/posts/598615313537412

[Stan Black]

Mission	Payload	Zenit-2S	DM-SL	Contract signed	Launch date	Start number
SL1	Demosat	SL1	1TL		28.03.1999	1
SL2	Directv-1R	SL2	3L		10.10.1999	2
SL3	ICO-F1	SL3	2L		12.03.2000	3
SL4	PAS-9	SL5	4L		29.07.2000	4
SL5	Thuraya	SL6	6L	00.00.1997	21.10.2000	5
SL6	XM-Radio-1	SL9	7L		09.05.2001	7
SL7	XM-Radio-2	SL7	5L		19.03.2001	6
SL8	Galaxy-IIIC	SL8	8L		16.06.2002	8
SL9	Thuraya-D2	SL16	18L		10.06.2003	9
SL10	Echostar-IX Telstar-13	SL10	10L		08.08.2003	10
SL11	Galaxy-XIII Horizons-1	SL13	12L	04.09.2001	01.10.2003	11
SL12	Telstar-14 Estrela-do-Sul-1	SL12	9L	00.12.2002	11.01.2004	12
SL13	Directv-7S	SL14	16L	04.11.2003	04.05.2004	13
SL14	Intelsat-Americas-8	SL4	13L		23.06.2005	17
SL15	Spaceway-1	SL18	19L		26.04.2005	16
SL16	NSS-8	SL24	25L		31.01.2007	24
SL17
SL18	XM-Radio-3	SL17	17L		01.03.2005	15
SL19
SL20	Telstar-18	SL11	11L		29.06.2004	14
SL21
SL22	XM-Radio-4	SL22	24L	07.08.2003	31.10.2006	23
SL23	Inmarsat-4F2	SL19	20L	01.03.2004	08.11.2005	18
SL24	Echostar-X	SL15	14L		16.02.2006	19
SL25	Koreasat-5	SL23	23L		22.08.2006	22
SL26
SL27
SL28
SL29	Galaxy-16	SL20	21L		18.06.2006	21
SL30	Galaxy-18	SL27	27L		21.05.2008	27
SL31	JCS-9	SL21	22L		13.04.2006	20
SL32	Directv-11	SL26	26L	15.11.2005	20.03.2008	26
SL33
SL34	Echostar-XI	SL28	28L	08.05.2006	16.07.2008	28
SL35	Galaxy-19	SL29	29L	02.05.2006	24.09.2008	29
SL36	Thuraya-D3	SL25	15L	12.06.2006	15.01.2008	25
SL37
SL38	Directv-12
SL39	Atlantic-Bird-7	SL31	31L	15.07.2011	24.09.2011	31
SL40	XM-Radio-5	SL32
SL41
SL42	SICRAL-1B	SL30	30L		20.04.2009	30
SL43
SL44	Eutelsat-W7	SL31
SL45	Intelsat-19	SL33	32L		01.06.2012	32
SL46
SL47
SL48	Intelsat-27	SL36	35L		01.02.2013	35
SL49	Intelsat-21	SL34	33L		19.08.2012	33
SL50	Eutelsat-W5A	SL35	34L		04.12.2012	34
SL51	Eutelsat-3B	SL37	36L		26.05.2014	36

Updates from:-
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32164.msg1204716#msg1204716
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25577.msg1217913#msg1217913

[Chris Bergin]

This is cool. Thanks Stan.