GVM Demo Flight
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:59:59
Tuesday November 20, 1990
Mission Details
Launch Notes
First (suborbital) flight of Rokot.
GVM Demo Flight
The launcher was equipped with a simulation mass that replaced the satellite.
Suborbital
1 Payload
Rocket
Manufacturer
KhrunichevRocket
Height: 25.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 1,500 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
1,875 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.5m
Height: 3m
Stages
3
Launch Site
Site 131/29
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
Rokot
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1990
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
2401st
Mission
67th
Mission of 1990