Editing Dnepr (rocket) (section)

{{Short description|Converted Satan ICBM used as a satellite launch vehicle}}
{{Infobox rocket
|name    = Dnepr
|image   = Tdx launch.jpg
|caption =

|function = Orbital [[carrier rocket]]
|manufacturer   = {{plainlist|
* [[KB Pivdenne|Yuzhnoye Design Bureau]] (design)
* [[PA Pivdenmash|Yuzhmash]] (manufacturing)
* [[Khartron]] (control system)
}}
|country-origin = [[Soviet Union]] (original build),<br /> [[Ukraine]] (commercial launches after 1999)
|cpl-year       =
|cpl            = {{US$|29 million [http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-609]}}
|height         = {{cvt|34.3|m}}
|diameter       = {{cvt|3|m}}
|mass           = {{cvt|211000|kg}}

|stages         = 3
|capacities = 
{{Infobox Rocket/Payload|mass={{convert|4500|kg}}|location=[[Low Earth orbit|LEO]]}}
{{Infobox Rocket/Payload|mass={{convert|3200|kg}}|location=the [[International Space Station|ISS]]}}
{{infobox rocket/Payload|mass={{convert|2300|kg}}|location=[[sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]}}
{{Infobox Rocket/Payload|mass={{convert|550|kg}} (with ST-1)|location=[[Trans Lunar Injection|TLI]]}}
|status = Retired<ref name=retired>{{cite web |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/12/30/iridium-satellites-closed-up-for-launch-on-falcon-9-rocket/ |title=Iridium satellites closed up for launch on Falcon 9 rocket |work=Spaceflight Now |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=30 December 2016 |access-date=30 December 2016 |quote= Russian officials have said they plan to discontinue Dnepr launches.}}</ref>
|sites = [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 109|Site 109/95]], [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]<br/>[[Dombarovsky Site 13|LC-13]], [[Dombarovsky (air base)|Yasny]]
|first= 21 April 1999
|last= 25 March 2015
|launches = 22
|success = 21
|fail = 1
|partial =
|stagedata = 
  {{Infobox rocket/stage
  |type = stage
  |stageno = First
  |engines = 1 [[RD-264]] module<br />(four [[RD-263]] engines)
  |thrust = {{cvt|4520|kN}}
  |SI = {{cvt|318|isp}}
  |burntime = 130 seconds
  |fuel = {{N2O4}} / [[UDMH]]
  }}
  {{Infobox rocket/stage
  |type = stage
  |stageno = Second
  |engines = 1 [[RD-0255]] module<br />(one [[RD-0256]] main engine and one [[RD-0257]] [[Vernier thruster|vernier]])
  |thrust = {{cvt|755|kN}}
  |SI = {{cvt|340|isp}}
  |burntime = 190 seconds
  |fuel = N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> / UDMH
  }}
  {{Infobox rocket/stage
  |type = stage
  |stageno = Third
  |thrust = {{cvt|20.2|kN}}
  |engines = 1 [[RD-864]]
  |SI = {{cvt|309|isp}}
  |burntime = 1,000 seconds
  |fuel = {{N2O4}} / [[UDMH]]
  }}
}}

The '''Dnepr rocket''' ({{langx|ru|Днепр|translit=Dnepr}}; {{langx|uk|Дніпро|translit=Dnipró}}) was a space [[launch vehicle]] named after the [[Dnieper River]]. It was a converted [[ICBM]] used for launching [[artificial satellites]] into orbit, operated by launch service provider [[ISC Kosmotras]].  The first launch, on April 21, 1999, successfully placed [[UoSAT-12]], a 350&nbsp;kg demonstration mini-satellite, into a 650&nbsp;km circular [[Low Earth orbit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/dnepr.html |title=The Dnepr launcher |publisher=RussianSpaceWeb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sstl.org/index.php?loc=27&id=151 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928130013/http://www.sstl.org/index.php?loc=27&id=151 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-09-28 |title=UoSAT-12 Integrates with Dnepr for Launch on 21 April |publisher=[[Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd]] }}</ref>