Description:

• This launch marks the second flight after Rockot´s Return-To-Flight Mission completed in July 2012 after the vehicle was grounded for several months due to an Upper Stage failure that occurred in February 2011.
• Rockot is a two-stage liquid-fueled launch vehicle, usually equipped with a Briz-KM Upper Stage, that is capable of delivering payloads of up to 2,140 Kilograms to Low Earth Orbit and 1,200 Kilograms of Payloads to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. It is based on the UR-100N intercontinental ballistic missile. The Launch vehicle is operated by Eurockot Launch Services.
• The vehicle stands 29.15 meters tall and has a main diameter of 2.5 meters. Rockot has a launch mass of 107,000 Kilograms and uses Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide as Propellants. The first stage of the Launcher is 17.2 meters long and is powered by three RD-0233 Engines and one RD-0234 Engine with a total liftoff thrust of 1,870 Kilonewtons. Stage 1 Liftoff mass is 77,150kg with an inert mass of 5,695kg. The first stage burns for 122 seconds before being separated.
• The second stage of the Rockot Launcher is 3.9 meters in length, has an empty mass of 1,485kg carrying 10,710kg of propellants and uses a 240-Kilonewton RD-0235 Engine for propulsion. The second stage also has four vernier thrusters each providing 16 Kilonewtons of thrust. Second Stage Burn time is 183 seconds.
• The Briz-M Upper Stage of the vehicle can be ignited up to eight times featuring missions with coast phases to reach a variety of orbits.
• Briz-KM can operate autonomously for seven hours, allowing it to fly a number of mission profiles. Also, Briz-KM provides precise injection capabilities. The Upper Stage is powered by an S5.98 Engine which can burn for up to 1,000 seconds, Actual Briz-KM performance depends on the Mission Profile. The engine is a pump-fed 19.62-Kilonewton engine that provides gimbaling capability. The Main Engine can be started up to 8 Times and has a fully redundant ignition system. Four low-thrust engine units are used for propellant settling and attitude control. Each Attitude Control Unit is comprised of one 11D458M Settling Thruster providing 392N of Thrust and three 17D58E attitude Control Jets with 13.3N Thrust. High pressure Helium stored in tanks is used to keep Propellant Tanks at Flight Pressure and control the pneumatics of the Upper Stage.
• The Briz-KM vehicle has a dry mass of 1,320 Kilograms and includes avionics, thermal control systems (active and passive) as well as payload accommodations. Briz-KM carries 3,310 Kilograms of N2O4 Oxidizer and 1,665 Kilograms of UDMH Fuel. The Upper Stage is 2.5 meters in diameter and 1.3 meters long.