Mayak is a new family of Ukrainian
launch vehicle
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s under development by the
Pivdenne
Pivdenne (; ) is a city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Pivdenne urban hromada, one of the hromada
A hromada ( uk, територіальна громада, lit=territorial community, translit=tery ...
,
which would be manufactured by
Pivdenmash.
The family is built in a modular fashion on the basis of a single line of main engines with thrust of roughly for the first stage (
RD-801
The RD-801 (Russian: ) is a Ukrainian liquid propellant rocket engine burning LOX and Kerosene ( RG-1) in a staged combustion cycle. It has a single combustion chamber that provides thrust vector control by gimbaling of the nozzle in two axis by ...
or
RD-810
The RD-810 (РД-810) is a Ukrainian liquid propellant rocket engine burning LOX and Kerosene ( RG-1) in a staged combustion cycle. It has a single combustion chamber that provides thrust vector control by gimbaling of the nozzle in two axis by + ...
) and for the upper stage (RD-809K derived from
RD-8
The RD-8 (Russian: and GRAU Index: 11D513) is a Soviet / Ukrainian liquid propellant rocket engine burning LOX and RG-1 (a rocket grade kerosene) in an oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle. It has a four combustion chambers that provide thru ...
). Engines, control systems and ground equipment are largely derived from components of existing rocket families
Zenit
Zenit, meaning "zenith", may refer to:
Spaceflight and rocketry
* Zenit (rocket family), a Soviet family of space launch vehicles
* Zenit (satellite), a type of Soviet spy satellite
* Zenit sounding rocket, a Swiss rocket
Sports
* Zenit (sports ...
and
Tsyklon
The Tsyklon (Циклон, "Cyclone", also known as Tsiklon), GRAU index 11K67, was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Cosmos satellites into low Earth orbit. It is based on the R-36 intercontinental ballistic missi ...
.
The Mayak family is designed to cover
small-lift,
medium-lift and
heavy-lift
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requirements. Published parameters of various configurations are:
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References
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Space launch vehicles of Ukraine
Proposed space launch vehicles