Strela

The Strela carrier rocket
Function	Orbitalcarrier 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	3
Capacity
Payload toLEO
Mass	1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb)[3]
Associated rockets
Family	Universal Rocket
Launch history
Status	Inactive
Launch sites	Baikonur Cosmodrome
Total launches	3
Success(es)	3
First flight	5 December 2003
First stage
Diameter	2.5 m (8.2 ft)[4]
Powered by	3RD-0233 (15D95) 1RD-0234 (15D96)[5][6]
Maximum thrust	2,080 kN (470,000 lbf)[7][8]
Specific impulse	310 s[7]
Burn time	120 seconds
Propellant	N2O4 /UDMH
Second stage
Diameter	2.5 m (8.2 ft)[4]
Powered by	1RD-0235 (15D113) 1RD-0236 (15D114)[5][6]
Maximum thrust	255.76 kN (57,500 lbf)[9][10]
Specific impulse	310 s[9]
Burn time	180 seconds
Propellant	N2O4 /UDMH
Third stage –APB (Agregatno-Priborny Otsek)[2]
Powered by	1RD-0237 (15D114)[11]
Maximum thrust	4.90 kilonewtons (1,100 lbf)[11]
Specific impulse	200 s[11]
Propellant	N2O4 /UDMH
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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 Russianorbitalcarrier rocket, derived from theSoviet/RussianUR-100NU missile. It conducted its maiden test launch on 5 December2003, 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 theSvobodny Cosmodrome, with test launches being conducted from existing UR-100 silos at theBaikonur Cosmodrome. Svobodny was closed in 2007, without seeing any Strela launches. It is unclear whether a Strela launch complex will be incorporated into theVostochny Cosmodrome, which is being built on the site of Svobodny.^{[citation needed]}

Strela differs from theRockot, which is also derived from the UR-100, in that it has undergone fewer modifications, such as the absence of an additionalBriz-KM upper stage, as used on the Rockot. However it is equipped with a repurposed APB as upper stage, which was originally a maneuvrable warhead "bus" fromMIRV system of UR-100 missile. It is also launched fromsilos, whereas the Rockot is launched from flat pads.^[14]

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

• Isakowitz, Steven J.; Hopkins, Joseph P.; Hopkins, Joshua B. (2004)."Strela".International reference guide to space launch systems (4th ed.). Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. pp. 469–479.ISBN 978-1-56347-591-7 – via the Internet Archive.

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