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The Dnepr was based on the R-36MUTTH Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) – called the SS-18 Satan by NATO – designed in the 1970s by the Yuzhnoe Design Bureau in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR. The Dnepr control system was developed and produced by the JSC "Khartron", Kharkov. The Dnepr was a three-stage rocket using storable hypergolic liquid propellants. The launch vehicles used for satellite launches have been withdrawn from ballistic missile service with the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces and stored for commercial use. A group of a total of 150 ICBMs were allowed under certain geopolitical disarmament protocols to be converted for use.
Missions
22
Success Rate
95.5%
Successes
21
Failures
1
Success Streak
15
Partial Failures
0
Active 1999 to 2015
Price
$29.00 million
Rocket
Height: 34.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 4,500 kg
GTO: 500 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,166 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 7.45m
Stages
3