Dnepr

Dnepr was a converted SS-18 / R-36M intercontinental ballistic missile used as a three-stage orbital launch vehicle for commercial and agency satellite missions.^[1][2][3] International Space Company Kosmotras managed Dnepr launch services, as reflected in the Dnepr user guide and contemporary launch-service reporting.^[2][3] It is retired: orbital service ran from 1999-04-21 through the KOMPSat-3A launch on 2015-03-25, and it is not an available launch service.^[3][4][5] Baseline performance is about 3,600 kg to 300 km low Earth orbit and about 2,300 kg to 300 km Sun-synchronous orbit.^[6] Dnepr supported Earth-observation use cases, including ESA's CryoSat-2 launch from Baikonur on 2010-04-08.^[1]