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| Function | Super-heavy Orbital Launch Vehicle |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Project cost | 1.5 trln Roubles (USD ~$18.2 billion) |
| Size | |
| Diameter | 4.1 m |
| Mass | 3167 tons |
| Stages | 2 (Don - 3) |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to Low Earth orbit | |
| Mass | 103 metric tons (101 long tons) |
| Payload to Trans Lunar Injection | |
| Mass | 27 metric tons (27 long tons) |
| Associated rockets | |
| Comparable | |
| Launch history | |
| Status | In development |
Yenisei (Russian: Енисей), project name RN STK-1 (Raketa-Nositel' SverkhTyazhologo Klassa - Carrier rocket super-heavy class), is a super-heavy launch vehicle being developed by the Russian space industry. The main developer is RSC Energia.
It is being developed within the framework of the federal target program "Creation of a super-heavy class space rocket complex".[1] The program was given a budget of 600 billion rubles (USD ~$6 billion). It is the main rocket of the Russian Lunar program.
The final design for the rocket was expected to be complete by autumn 2021,[2] but the program appears to have been paused or stopped just before this expected completion date.
In 2024, it was anounced that the project will resume in 2025.[3]
The first launch was expected to happen in 2033 from the Vostochny cosmodrome.[4]
Based on the Yenisei launch vehicle, the Don launch vehicle (RN STK-2) is being developed by adding another stage.[5]
- ^ "Manturov: the start of flight tests of a super-heavy rocket is planned for 2033". TASS. April 2024.
- ^ "The design of the Russian super-heavy rocket will be completed in 2021 (In Russian)". Izvestia. 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Создание ракетного комплекса сверхтяжелого класса на Восточном оценили в 600 млрд руб". 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Roskosmos has named the timing of the launch of a super-heavy rocket (in Russian)". Ria Novosti. 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Possible dates for the launch of the Don super-heavy rocket have been named (in Russian)". Ria Novosti. 14 February 2019.