R-36O 8K69
In-activeYuzhnoye Design Bureau (OKB-586)
July 28, 1965
Description
The R-36O was the only orbiting military nuclear weapon ever deployed, although in order to remain legal under international treaties it was a 'fractional orbital' weapon. Although American infrared early warning satellites invalidated the 'surprise attack' component of the concept, 18 missiles were operational from 1969 to 1983.
Specifications
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Stages
2 -
Length
32.6 m -
Diameter
3.0 m -
Fairing Diameter
3.0 m -
Launch Mass
182.0 T -
Thrust
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Family
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Name
R-36O 8K69 -
Family
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Variant
8K69 -
Alias
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Full Name
R-36O 8K69
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
Commercial
Director: Alexander Degtyarev
OKB-586 1951Yuzhnoye Design Office, located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) established by Mikhail Yangel in 1951. The Zenit launch vehicle currently launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome but also used to launch from an ocean platform, Odyssey.
R-36O 8K69 | R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 22
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 28, 1970, 10 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 21
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 15, 1969, 4 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 20
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 2, 1968, 1:35 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 19
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 27, 1968, 11:15 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 18
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 20, 1968, 10:05 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 17
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 1968, 12:45 a.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 16
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 28, 1967, 1:15 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 15
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 18, 1967, 1:30 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 14
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 22, 1967, 2:05 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 13
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 19, 1967, 2:45 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 12
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 8, 1967, 4:05 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 11
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 31, 1967, 4:45 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 10
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 17, 1967, 4:45 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 9
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 17, 1967, 4:05 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 8
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 22, 1967, 2:05 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 7
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 25, 1967, 1:55 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 6
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Nov. 2, 1966, 12:45 a.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 5
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Sept. 17, 1966, 10:35 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 4
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 19, 1966, 7:30 p.m.
R-36O 8K69 | OGCh 2
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 5, 1966, 12:19 p.m.
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