NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

GVM Demo Flight

Launch Time
Tue Nov 20, 1990

First (suborbital) flight of Rokot.

Rocket

Rokot/Briz K
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,875 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 25.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.5 m
Fairing Height: 3.0 m

Mission Details

GVM Demo Flight

The launcher was equipped with a simulation mass that replaced the satellite.

Payloads: 1
Suborbital

Location

Site 131/29, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

Rokot

1st mission
1st mission of 1990
1st successful mission