Cyclone-5
Yuzhnoye Design Bureau
The Cyclone-5 is a three-stage medium-lift class monoblock launch vehicle developed by Yuzhnoye SDO for placing spacecraft into low, medium, and high Earth orbits including geostationary transfer orbit. Derived from Cyclone-4M with an enhanced LOX/kerosene second stage for improved payload capabilities to higher-altitude orbits, it stands 51 meters tall with a 3.9-meter diameter. Two modifications […]
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Payload capacity
- 9,875 kg
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As published by the supplier
- Vehicle Class
- Medium-lift
- Number of Stages
- 3
- Height
- 51,000 mm
- Body Diameter
- 3,900 mm
- Fairing Diameter
- 4,000 mm
- Gross Mass (without payload)
- 332 t
- Stage 1 Engines
- 4 x RD870
- Stage 1 Propellant
- LOX + kerosene
- Stage 1 Thrust (sea level)
- 318.8 tf
- Stage 2 Engine
- RD872
- Stage 2 Propellant
- LOX + kerosene
- Stage 2 Thrust (vacuum)
- 93 tf
- Stage 3 Engine
- RD861K
- Stage 3 Propellant
- NT + UDMH
- Stage 3 Thrust (vacuum)
- 7.916 tf
- Payload to LEO (200 km, 45.1 deg)
- 9.875 t
- Payload to SSO (700 km, 98.16 deg)
- 4.86 t
- Payload to GTO (Hp=190, Ha=35786 km, i=45 deg)
- 2.02 t
About
The Cyclone-5 is a three-stage medium-lift class monoblock launch vehicle developed by Yuzhnoye SDO for placing spacecraft into low, medium, and high Earth orbits including geostationary transfer orbit. Derived from Cyclone-4M with an enhanced LOX/kerosene second stage for improved payload capabilities to higher-altitude orbits, it stands 51 meters tall with a 3.9-meter diameter. Two modifications are planned: an expendable version and one with a reusable Stage 1. The first stage employs four RD870 engines on LOX/kerosene, the second stage uses the RD872 LOX/kerosene engine, and the third stage uses the RD861K on nitrogen tetroxide and UDMH. Structural components use aluminum alloys, while the fairing, bottom protection, and payload adapter employ three-layer composite materials. All stages have completed comprehensive ground development testing.
Documentation
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