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Briz (rocket stage)

The Briz-K, Briz-KM and Briz-M (Russian: Бриз-К, КM and M meaning Breeze-K, KM and M) are Russian liquid-propellant rocket orbit insertion upper stages manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center and used on the Proton-M and Angara A5. The upper stages were also used on Rokot, one of Russia's smaller launchers, before its retirement in 2019.

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Briz-KM
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Models of Briz-M (left) and Briz-KM (right) at the 2013 Paris Air Show
ManufacturerKhrunichev
Country of originRussia
General characteristics
Diameter2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)[1]
Length2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)[1]
Gross mass6,475 kg (14,275 lb)[2]
Propellant mass5,055 kg (11,144 lb)[2]
Engine details
Powered by1 × S5.98M[2]
Maximum thrust19.6 kN (4,400 lbf)
Specific impulse326 s (3.20 km/s)
Burn time3,000 seconds
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH
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Briz-M
ManufacturerKhrunichev
Country of originRussia
General characteristics
Diameter4.1 m (13 ft)[3]
Length2.61 m (8 ft 7 in)[3]
Gross mass22,500 kg (49,600 lb)[3]
Propellant mass20,000 kg (44,000 lb)[3]
Engine details
Powered by1 × S5.98M[3]
Maximum thrust19.6 kN (4,400 lbf)
Specific impulse326 s (3.20 km/s)
PropellantN2O4 / UDMH
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Briz-K and Briz-KM

Briz-K, GRAU index 14S12, is a single-piece structure with a conical tank compartment and the engine located in a recess in the fuel tank. Briz-KM (GRAU index 14S45) is an improved version of Briz-K.[4] The Briz-K and Briz-KM were used as a third stage of the Rokot launch vehicles.[5]

Briz-M

Briz-M, GRAU index 14S43, is designed for injecting large payloads into a low, medium-height or high geosynchronous orbit.[3] Briz-M is a twin upper stage consisting of a core module (using Briz-KM as the baseline) and a jettisonable add-on toroidal tank surrounding the core.[3] It is powered by a pump-fed gimballed main engine, the 14D30.[6] The main engine can be restarted 8 times in flight and allows precision placement of the spacecraft into orbit.[7] Orbital lifetime of the Briz-M is limited by available onboard battery power and is currently 24 hours.[7] The total time of the standard Proton/Briz-M mission to geosynchronous orbit profile from lift-off to spacecraft separation is approximately 9.3 hours.[7] A Proton launch vehicle with a Briz-M upper stage can also inject payloads to Earth escape trajectories.[7]

One of system's design goals has been to keep overall dimensions as small as possible. Briz-M takes much less space on board the launch vehicle compared to its predecessor, the Block D upper stage, leaving freed volume for the cargo.[8] A Proton with a Briz-M can place a 4,385 kg satellite, such as an A2100AX, into a target orbit with an apogee of 35,786 km, a perigee of 7,030 km, and an inclination of 17.3°.[9][10] Maximum lift capability of the Briz-M stage is 5,645 kg to geosynchronous transfer orbit with a 1,500 m/s residual velocity to GSO.[6] A tandem launch of multiple spacecraft is also supported, with the ability to inject the spacecraft into different orbits.[6]

History

The maiden flight of Briz-M took place on 5 July 1999. The flight was a failure, due to the explosion of the carrier rocket's second stage. The flight had a communications satellite as a payload.

Briz-M completed its first successful flight on 6the June 2000, when it delivered the Gorizont communications satellite into orbit.

It is planned to use Briz-M with the A3 and A5 versions of the future Angara rocket family.[3]

Launch chronology

Proton-M/Briz-M

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# Launch date Configuration Spaceport Result Payload Note
1 5 July 1999 Proton-K/Briz-Me Baikonur, Site 81/24 Lower stage failure Raduga 1 communication satellite.
Launch failure due to explosion of Proton second stage
2 6 June 2000 Proton-K/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Gorizont #45L First successful flight of the Briz-M
3 7 April 2001 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Ekran-M #18L Maiden flight of Proton-M
4 29 December 2002 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Nimiq-2
5 6 June 2003 Proton-K/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success AMC-9
6 10 December 2003 Proton-K/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Kosmos 2402, 2403 and 2404 Three GLONASS positioning satellites
7 15 March 2004 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Eutelsat W3A
8 16 June 2004 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Intelsat-10-02
9 4 August 2004 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Amazonas 1
10 14 October 2004 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success AMC-15
11 3 February 2005 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success AMC-12
12 22 May 2005 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success DirecTV-8
13 8 September 2005 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Anik-F1R
14 29 December 2005 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success AMC-23
15 28 February 2006 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Failure Arabsat-4A (Badr-1)
A Briz-M failure leaves it and the payload in unusable orbit, with Briz-M eventually exploding on 19 February 2007, producing over 1,000 trackable pieces of space debris.[11][12]
16 4 August 2006 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Hot Bird 8
17 8 November 2006 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Arabsat-4B (Badr-4)
18 11 December 2006 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success MEASAT-3
19 9 April 2007 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Anik-F3
20 7 July 2007 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success DirecTV-10
21 5 September 2007 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Lower stage failure JCSAT-11
Proton-M with cargo crashed after the first and second stages of the rocket failed to separate due to a damaged pyrotechnic firing cable.
22 17 November 2007 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Sirius 4
23 9 December 2007 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Raduga-1M #1
24 28 January 2008 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Ekspress-AM33
25 11 February 2008 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Thor 5
26 14 March 2008 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Failure AMC-14 Satellite deployed into useless orbit
Failed during second Briz-M burn. The failure was caused by a ruptured exhaust gas conduit, which led to a shutdown of the turbo pump feeding the Briz-M engine.[13]
27 19 August 2008 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Inmarsat 4-F3 A modification was made to the Briz-M engine to include a new conduit in response to the 14 March failure. This modification will be used in all future launches.[13][14]
28 19 September 2008 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Nimiq-4[15]
29 15 November 2008 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Astra 1M
30 10 December 2008 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Ciel-2[16]
31 10 February 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Express-AM44 and Express-MD1
32 3 April 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Eutelsat W2A
33 16 May 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success ProtoStar 2 (SES-7)
34 1 July 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Sirius FM-5[17]
35 11 August 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success AsiaSat 5
36 17 September 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Nimiq-5
37 24 November 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Eutelsat W7
38 29 December 2009 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success DirecTV-12
39 28 January 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Raduga 1M #2
40 12 February 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Intelsat 16
41 20 March 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success EchoStar XIV
42 24 April 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success SES-1
43 3 June 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Badr-5
44 10 July 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success EchoStar XV
45 14 October 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success XM-5
46 14 November 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success SkyTerra-1
47 26 December 2010 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success KA-SAT
48 20 May 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Telstar-14R
49 15 July 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success SES-3 and KazSat-2
50 17 August 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Failure Ekspress AM4
Lost contact with Briz-M on fourth burn.[18]
51 20 September 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Kosmos 2473 (Garpun #1)
52 29 September 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success QuetzSat-1
53 19 October 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success ViaSat-1
54 4 November 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Kosmos 2475, 2476 and 2477 Three GLONASS-M navigation satellites.[19]
55 25 November 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success AsiaSat 7
56 11 December 2011 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Luch-5A and Amos-5[20]
57 14 February 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success SES-4[21]
58 25 March 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Intelsat 22
59 23 April 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Yahsat 1B
60 17 May 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Nimiq 6
61 9 July 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success SES-5
62 6 August 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Failure Telkom 3 and Ekspress MD2[22]
Briz-M failure
63 14 October 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Intelsat 23
64 3 November 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Luch-5B and Yamal-300K
65 20 November 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success EchoStar XVI
66 8 December 2012 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Partial failure Yamal-402 The satellite was placed close to the intended orbit and could maneuver into its final orbit by itself.[23][24]
Briz-M's upper stage shut down four minutes earlier than planned on its fourth burn due to oxidizer turbopump bearing damage.[25]
67 26 March 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Satmex 8 Satellite placed into Geostationary transfer orbit[26]
68 15 April 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Anik G1[27]
69 14 May 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Eutelsat 3D[28]
70 2 June 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success SES-6 Satellite deployed into super-synchronous transfer orbit[29]
71 29 September 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Astra 2E Satellite deployed into Geosynchronous transfer orbit[30]
72 25 October 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Sirius FM-6 Satellite deployed into Geostationary transfer orbit[31]
73 12 November 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Raduga 1M #3 All telemetry and data from the Briz-M was lost due to failed onboard data processing system (Pyrite), however the satellite was delivered to the correct orbit[32]
74 8 December 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Inmarsat 5-F1 Satellite deployed into super-synchronous transfer orbit[33]
75 26 December 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Ekspress AM5[34]
76 14 February 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Türksat 4A Satellite deployed into Geostationary transfer orbit[35]
77 15 March 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Ekspress AT1 and Ekspress AT2 Satellites deployed into Geostationary orbit[36]
78 28 April 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Luch 5V and KazSat-3 Satellites deployed into Geosynchronous orbit[37]
79 16 May 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Lower stage failure Ekspress AM4R
Failed Proton-M third stage[38]
80 28 September 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Luch (Olimp-K) Satellite deployed into Geostationary orbit[39]
81 21 October 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Partial failure Ekspress AM6 Satellite placed close to designated orbit
Satellite was delivered to a lower-than-planned orbit due to problems with the Briz-M. Later, Roscosmos stated that Ekspress-AM6 would be able to reach its planned orbit and expected to be operational by 1 July 2015[40]
82 15 December 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Yamal-401 Satellite deployed into Geostationary orbit[41]
83 28 December 2014 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Astra 2G Satellite deployed into Geostationary orbit[42]
84 1 February 2015 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Inmarsat 5-F2 Satellite deployed into Supersynchronous orbit[43]
85 18 March 2015 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Ekspress AM7 Satellite deployed into Geostationary orbit[44]
86 16 May 2015 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Lower stage failure Mexsat-1
Third stage failure
87 28 August 2015 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Inmarsat 5-F3
88 16 October 2015 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Türksat 4B
89 13 December 2015 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Kosmos 2513 (Garpun #2)
90 24 December 2015 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Ekspress AMU1
91 29 January 2016 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Eutelsat 9B
92 14 March 2016 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success ExoMars[45] Mars exploration/communication satellite
93 9 June 2016 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Intelsat 31
94 8 June 2017 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success EchoStar 21
95 16 August 2017 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Blagovest 11L
96 11 September 2017 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Amazonas 5
97 28 September 2017 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success AsiaSat 9
98 18 April 2018 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Blagovest 12L
99 21 December 2018 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Blagovest 13L
100 30 May 2019 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Yamal-601
101 5 August 2019 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 81/24 Success Blagovest 14L
102 9 October 2019 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Eutelsat 5 West B / MEV-1
103 30 July 2020 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103
104 13 December 2021 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Ekspress-AMU3 and Ekspress-AMU7
105 12 March 2023 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Site 200/39 Success Olymp-K №2
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Rokot/Briz-K/KM

Angara A5/Briz-M

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# Launch date Configuration Spaceport Result Payload Note
1 23 December 2014 Angara A5/Briz-M Plesetsk, Site 35 Success Dummy satellite Maiden flight of Russia's new-generation Angara A5 launch vehicle
Mass simulator intentionally not separated from Briz-M upper stage[46]
2 14 December 2020 Angara A5/Briz-M Plesetsk, Site 35 Success Dummy satellite Second launch of the Angara A5/Briz-M
Mass simulator intentionally not separated from Briz-M upper stage
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