Strela (rocket)

Strela

The Strela carrier rocket
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image icon Strela launch vehicle launch 19.12.2014
image icon Strela launch vehicle launch 19.12.2014
image icon Strela launch vehicle launch 19.12.2014

Strela (Template:Langx, arrow) is a Russian orbital carrier rocket, derived from the Soviet/Russian UR-100NU missile. It conducted its maiden test launch on 5 December 2003, carried its first functional payload on 27 June 2013, and a second one on 19 December 2014.

Strela was originally planned to be launched from the Svobodny Cosmodrome, with test launches being conducted from existing UR-100 silos at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Svobodny was closed in 2007, without seeing any Strela launches. It is unclear whether a Strela launch complex will be incorporated into the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which is being built on the site of Svobodny.

Strela differs from the Rockot, which is also derived from the UR-100, in that it has undergone fewer modifications, such as the absence of an additional Briz-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" from MIRV system of UR-100 missile. It is also launched from silos, whereas the Rockot is launched from flat pads.

Launch history

Date (UTC)	Type	Launch site	Payload	Payload type	Outcome
5 December 2003, 06:00	Strela	Ba LC175	Gruzomaket	test launch	Template:Success
27 June 2013, 16:53	Strela	Ba LC175	Kondor	research satellite	Template:Success
19 December 2014, 04:43	Strela	Ba LC175	Kondor-E	research satellite	Template:Success

Carrier rocket flies up in the blue sky, above a large cloud of brownish smoke

Launch of Kondor-E1 on Strela rocket, 19 December 2014

See also

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

References

• 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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