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    Zenit (Russian: Зени́т, IPA: [zʲɪˈnʲit], Zenith) was a series of military photoreconnaissance satellites launched by the Soviet Union between 1961 and...
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  • family of space launch vehicles Zenit (satellite), a type of Soviet spy satellite Zenit sounding rocket, a Swiss rocket Zenit (sports society), a USSR and...
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    communication satellite Atlantic Bird 7 to its planned orbit. On February 1, 2013, another Zenit-3SL failed while launching the Intelsat 27 satellite. The Zenit-2...
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    or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications. The first generation type (i.e., Corona and Zenit) took photographs,...
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  • The Zenit-3SL was an expendable carrier rocket operated by Sea Launch. First flown in 1999, it was launched 36 times, with three failures and one partial...
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  • the human spaceflight programme but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites. It was essentially an 8K78/8K78M minus the Blok L stage and...
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  • satellite. A Zenit-3F was also used to successfully launch the Spektr-R radio astronomy satellite on 18 July 2011. "Zenit-3SLBF". Yuzhnoye. "Zenit-2SB". Roscosmos...
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    decided to fly an additional Zenit satellite to verify the reliability of the R-7. In addition, since the Zenit satellite was essentially a modified Vostok...
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    use both as a camera platform (for the Soviet Union's first spy satellite program, Zenit) and as a crewed spacecraft. This dual-use design was crucial in...
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    satellites, which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft. Kosmos 2175, a Yantar-4K2 or Kobalt spacecraft, was the first satellite to...
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    The Zenit-2 was a Ukrainian, previously Soviet, expendable carrier rocket. First flown in 1985, it has been launched 37 times, with 6 failures. It is...
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    The Zenit 3SLB or Zenit-3M was a Ukrainian expendable carrier rocket derived from the Zenit-2SB. It was a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which...
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    Sputnik 22 Sputnik 24 Sputnik 25 Elektron (satellite) Zenit (satellite) Molniya (satellite) Signal (satellite) BelKA DZZ Luna programme Luna 1958A Luna...
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  • The Zenit-2M, Zenit-2SB, Zenit-2SLB or Zenit-2FG was a Ukrainian expendable carrier rocket derived from the Zenit-3SL. It was a member of the Zenit family...
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  • de-orbit engine used on the Vostok and Voskhod spacecraft and the Zenit satellite. The most globalized use of Tonka is as an igniter in many Soviet Scud...
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  • launched on October 9, 1999 aboard a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL launch vehicle. It was the first satellite used to broadcast local channels for DirecTV in major...
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    Yantar - The Yantar satellites, designed to replace the Zenit satellite system, are among the newest Russian satellites. Yantar satellites have been launched...
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    Ukraine Zenit-2 (LRB 1985–2007) Baikonur, 37 launches (22 launches in 1991–2007) Zenit-2M Zenit-3SL (LRB 1999–2014) Sea Launch, 36 launches Zenit-3SLB (LRB...
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  • Spaceway-1 (category Spacecraft launched by Zenit and Energia rockets)
    part of AT&T's constellation of direct broadcast satellites. The satellite was launched via a Zenit-3SL rocket from Sea Launch's Odyssey equatorial ocean...
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  • July 2014. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 July 2014. Wade, Mark. "Zenit". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived...
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    KH-13. Richard M. Bissell Jr. SAMOS Satellite imagery Zenit CIA History Staff (1995). CORONA America's First Satellite Program (PDF). CIA Codl War Records...
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    services to government customers. Land Launch uses Zenit rockets to conduct commercial satellite launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 45/1 in Kazakhstan...
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  • company providing satellite communication, Wireless telecommunications, and Internet services. Its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business...
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    platform for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit-3SL rockets from a former mobile/floating oil drilling rig renamed Odyssey...
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    included Kosmos 110, 605, 690, 782, plus Nauka modules flown on Zenit-2M reconnaissance satellites. 90 kg (200 lb) of equipment could be contained in the external...
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    Plesetsk was used primarily for military launches, especially Zenit photoreconnaissance satellites, which were launched in large numbers during the 1970s-80s...
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    Using RD-181 Engines". satellitetoday.com. Via Satellite. Retrieved 27 January 2018. Zak, Anatoly. "Zenit delivers Angosat-1, but the spacecraft breaks...
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  • Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2009-11-26. Wade, Mark. "Zenit-2". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2012-05-23...
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  • AMOS-60, is an Israeli communications satellite operated by Spacecom Satellite Communications. Spacecom Satellite Communications has signed an agreement...
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  • JSAT fleet. During 2006, JSAT successfully launched two satellites. On 12 April 2006, a Zenit-3SL successfully orbited JCSAT-9 from a platform on the...
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