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Rocket file · LV-76

Strela

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center · RETIRED

Strela is an expendable launch vehicle built by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. It first flew on 5 December 2003. It has flown 3 times with 3 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
HeightNOT ON FILE
DiameterNOT ON FILE
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight5 December 2003
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights3
Successful3
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantStrela

About Strela

Strela is a Russian orbital carrier rocket, derived from the Soviet/Russian UR-100NU missile. It conducted its maiden test launch on 5 December 2003, carried its first functional payload on 27 June 2013,and a second one on 19 December 2014.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Strela is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

International Space Station (ISS)
International Space Station (ISS)NASA / MSFC · public domainNASA ↗
International Space Station (ISS)
International Space Station (ISS)NASA / MSFC · public domainNASA ↗
Tamara Jernigan installs Strela crane on PMA2 during EVA
Tamara Jernigan installs Strela crane on PMA2 during EVANASA / JSC · public domainNASA ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Strela flown?
3 times, with 3 successes and 0 failures.
What is Strela's success rate?
100.0%. That's 3 successful flights out of 3 attempts.
How much can Strela lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Strela.
Is Strela reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Strela as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.