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DNEPR is marketed by Kosmotras in Russia. It is silo-launched hydraulically and the engines are only ignited after the launcher has left the silo.

Launch history

# Date Payload Orbit Comments
1 21 April 1999 UoSAT-12 650km, 65deg inaugural launch
2 26 September 2001 TiungSat-1
BADR-B
SaudiSat-1
SaudiSat-2
UniSAT-1
650km, 65deg  
3 20 December 2002 SaudiSat-1c
Rubin-2
UniSAT-2
(Trailblazer dummy)
650km, 65deg The dummy tested the upper stage for high energy orbit injection.

Expected future launches

# date payload orbit comments
    TrailBlazer Lunar injection Originally planned for 2001 with TransOrbital as customer
    CubeSAT
TropNet
  Originally planned for May 2002 with OSSS as customer
    CubeSAT   Originally planned for Nov 2002 with OSSS as customer
 

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