OREANDA-NEWS. August 27, 2013. There took place launch of the Dnipro rocket carrier with participation of Ukrainian specialists from the Yasnyi launch base (Orenburg region of the Russian Federation).

It placed into orbit south Korean satellite of distant sensing of Earth KompSat-5 with the weight of 1400 kilograms. At 17:55 the satellite successfully parted from the third stage rocket carrier.

The Dnipro rocket carrier has been created on the basis of intercontinental ballistic missile PC-20 (SS-18), which was designed by the Pivdenneh design bureau and produced by the Pivdennyi machine-building plant in cooperation with Ukrainian and Russian enterprises.

The launch of the Dnipro rocket carriers is held from a mine launcher. Overall from 1999 according to the Dnipro program there have been made 18 launches. The launch service provider of the Dnipro is ISC Kosmotras. Last time the rocket was launched two years ago, on August 2011 and placed the Sich-2 to orbit.