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Model: S3. Gross Mass: 20,135 kg (44,390 lb). Empty Mass: 1,435 kg (3,163 lb). Thrust (vac): 156.000 kN (35,070 lbf). Isp: 303 sec. Burn time: 375 sec. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH. Diameter: 2.40 m (7.80 ft). Span: 2.40 m (7.80 ft). Length: 6.00 m (19.60 ft). Country: Ukraine. No Engines: 1. Motor: 11D49. Status: Active. Cost $ : 4.000 million. First Flight: 1961. Last Flight: 2007. No Launched: 1173. No Failed: 3. Other designations: S3.

Launch count 411 orbital and ca. 300 suborbital to end 1994. Failures based on proration of failures to orbit.



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