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Rubezh

Stage · Russia

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2 stage vehicle consisting of 1 x 15Zh58MA + 1 x 15Zh58MB.

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Country
Russia

Chronology

5 events

2011 September 27

07:08 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Rubezh.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 5.00 km (3.10 mi).
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi). Test mission of a new Russian ICBM type, launched from Plesetsk but failed at a few kilometers altitude..

2012 May 23

06:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Rubezh.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2012 October 24

18:28 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Rubezh.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2013 June 6

17:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Rubezh.
  • RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

    R&D launch. New-generation Rubezh ('Frontier') missile, most likely impacting the Balkash test range at Sary Shagan. The new missile is suspected to be a derivative of the existing Topol solid fuel series of missiles; earlier launches were in September 2011 and May and October 2012.

2015 March 18

Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Rubezh.
  • RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test flight..