R-36O 8K69M
In-activeYuzhnoye Design Bureau (OKB-586)
Sept. 25, 1970
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
35.0 m -
Diameter
3.0 m -
Fairing Diameter
3.0 m -
Launch Mass
180.0 T -
Thrust
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Family
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Name
R-36O 8K69M -
Family
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Variant
8K69M -
Alias
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Full Name
R-36O 8K69M
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 8K69M | OGCh 24
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau | UkraineBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Aug. 8, 1971, 11:45 p.m.
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