Zenit rocket
E210562
The Zenit rocket is a family of Ukrainian-designed, medium-lift launch vehicles originally developed in the Soviet era and used for both government and commercial satellite launches.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zenit launch vehicle | 2 |
| Sea Launch | 1 |
| Zenit rocket canonical | 1 |
| Zenit-2 | 1 |
| Zenit-2M | 1 |
| Zenit-3 upper stage | 1 |
| Zenit-3F | 1 |
| Zenit-3SL | 1 |
| Zenit-3SLB | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1825308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Zenit rocket Context triple: [Baikonur Cosmodrome, rocketLaunched, Zenit rocket]
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A.
Proton rocket
The Proton rocket is a heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicle widely used to place large payloads, including space station modules and communications satellites, into orbit.
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B.
Soyuz rocket
The Soyuz rocket is a long-serving Russian expendable launch vehicle renowned for reliably transporting crews and cargo to low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
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C.
Vostok-K rocket
The Vostok-K rocket was a Soviet launch vehicle that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in history.
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D.
Molniya-M rocket
The Molniya-M rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle widely used during the Cold War era to place communications, navigation, and scientific satellites into highly elliptical Molniya orbits.
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E.
R-7 Semyorka rocket
The R-7 Semyorka rocket was the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch vehicle that placed Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, marking the start of the space age.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Zenit rocket Target entity description: The Zenit rocket is a family of Ukrainian-designed, medium-lift launch vehicles originally developed in the Soviet era and used for both government and commercial satellite launches.
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A.
Proton rocket
The Proton rocket is a heavy-lift Russian expendable launch vehicle widely used to place large payloads, including space station modules and communications satellites, into orbit.
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B.
Soyuz rocket
The Soyuz rocket is a long-serving Russian expendable launch vehicle renowned for reliably transporting crews and cargo to low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.
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C.
Vostok-K rocket
The Vostok-K rocket was a Soviet launch vehicle that carried Yuri Gagarin on the first human spaceflight in history.
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D.
Molniya-M rocket
The Molniya-M rocket was a Soviet expendable launch vehicle widely used during the Cold War era to place communications, navigation, and scientific satellites into highly elliptical Molniya orbits.
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E.
R-7 Semyorka rocket
The R-7 Semyorka rocket was the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and the launch vehicle that placed Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, marking the start of the space age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
launch vehicle family
ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| commercialOperator |
Land Launch
ⓘ
Zenit rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sea Launch
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ |
| designer |
Yuzhmash
ⓘ
surface form:
Yuzhnoye Design Office
|
| developedDuring | Soviet era ⓘ |
| developedFor | modular use with Energia heavy-lift rocket first stage ⓘ |
| familyName | Zenit ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1985 ⓘ |
| firstStageEngine | RD-171 ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineVariant |
RD-171
ⓘ
surface form:
RD-171M
|
| fuel | RP-1 kerosene ⓘ |
| launchAzimuth | equatorial launches from Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| launchCapability | medium-lift ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | two-stage to low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| launchMassClass | medium ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Yuzhmash ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
environmentally cleaner kerosene-LOX propellant compared to hypergolic Soviet rockets
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high degree of automation ⓘ |
| numberOfStages | 2 ⓘ |
| orbitType |
geostationary transfer orbit
ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| primaryLaunchSite | Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| propulsionType | liquid-fueled ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Energia rocket
ⓘ
Sea Launch program ⓘ |
| seaLaunchPlatform | Odyssey launch platform ⓘ |
| secondStageEngine | RD-120 ⓘ |
| status | partially retired ⓘ |
| successorTo | earlier Soviet medium-lift launchers ⓘ |
| upperStageOption |
Blok DM
ⓘ
surface form:
Block DM-SL
Fregat ⓘ Zenit rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zenit-3 upper stage
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| usedBy |
Russian space program
ⓘ
Soviet space program ⓘ Yuzhmash ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian space program
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| usedFor |
Land Launch missions
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Sea Launch missions ⓘ commercial satellite launches ⓘ government satellite launches ⓘ |
| variant |
Zenit rocket
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Zenit-2
Zenit rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zenit-2M
Zenit rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zenit-3F
Zenit rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zenit-3SL
Zenit rocket self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zenit-3SLB
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Subject: Zenit rocket Description of subject: The Zenit rocket is a family of Ukrainian-designed, medium-lift launch vehicles originally developed in the Soviet era and used for both government and commercial satellite launches.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.