Zenit satellites

Which company manufactured the zenit satellites?

• OKB-1

• NPO energomash

• Khrunichev

• SPUTNIX

Which of these is most similar to the zenit satellites?

• Vostok

• Soyuz

• Progress

• Mercury

Which of these launchers was NOT used to launch zenit satellites?

• Soyuz

• Vostok

• Voshkod

• Proton

Most Zenit satellites went to which orbit?

• Molniya orbit

• Leo

• Geo

• SSO

The project ran from 1961 to 1994, but when was the first succesful launch of a zenit satellite?

• 1961

• 1962

• 1963

• 1964

True or false: all versions of zenit were numbered with an odd number

• True

• False

Answer explanation

All versions were numbered with an even number! Zenit 2, 4, 6, 8…

About how many zenit satellites were launched in total?

• <100

• 250

• 400

• >500

What was the main difference between the american Corona spacecraft and the Soviet Zenit spacecraft?

• Zenit carried both the cams and film back down

• Zenit could acquire clips, while corona could not

• Zenit sent its images over telemetry, while corona got the film down to earth

• Zenit could sustain its orbit using thrusters, which corona could not.

True or false: a Zenit was carried on the maiden flight of the soyuz 2.1v.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

A zenit-8 satellite was launched on the maiden flight of soyuz-2

What was the average duration of a Zenit mission?

• 10 days

• 30 days

• 100 days

• 1 year