Dnepr

Dnepr is a converted R-36M, the heavy Soviet missile known in the West as Satan, launched from silos at Baikonur and Yasny. Operated by the Russian and Ukrainian company Kosmotras from 1999 to 2015, it carries commercial and scientific satellites, often clusters of small ones, and ESA's CryoSat-2, until the conflict between Russia and Ukraine ends the program.

Launches

22

Success rate

95%

1 failure

First flight

21 April 1999

UOSAT-OSCAR-36

Last flight

25 March 2015

KOMPSat-3A

Builder

Yuzhmash

Height

34.3 m

Diameter

3 m

Stages

3

Propellants

UDMH / N2O4

Payload to LEO

4,500 kg