Yenisei (rocket)#Design

The rocket got its name at the end of 2018, before that it was called "RN STK" (super-heavy launch vehicle).

• October 2021 – end of technical design.{{update after|2021|11|1}}
• 2026–2028 – construction and commissioning of infrastructure for a super-heavy launch vehicle and a medium-class rocket for launching crewed spacecraft from the Vostochny cosmodrome.{{Cite news|date=14 July 2017|title=Russian super-heavy rocket will be able to launch at least 70 tons of cargo into orbit (In Russian)|work=TASS|url=https://tass.ru/kosmos/4436746}}

The first stage will consist of 6 blocks, each block will be based on the first stage of the planned Irtysh / Soyuz-5 rocket with an RD-171MV engine.{{Cite journal|date=2020|title=New generation locomotives (in Russian)|url=https://www.roscosmos.ru/28645/|journal=Russkiy Kosmos|volume=15|pages=34–39}}

{{External media|title=Anatoly Zak|image1=[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DzNgRMUXgAAk-el.jpg Roadmap with two rockets on the right Yenisei and Don respectively]|topic=RussianSpaceWeb.com|image2=[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DsnTlzfWwAAg5zi.jpg "Irtysh" "Soyuz-5" is a basis for the first stage]|image3=[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyPquiwU8AEkBZ7.jpg "Volga" "Soyuz-6" will be used as a basis for second stage]|image4=[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ds71XB0WoAY5oXR.jpg "Yenisei"]|image5=[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DvMM9yzXcAACh2V.jpg "Yenisei" (cutaway)]|image6=[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dy6L4r0VAAAzjlU.jpg "Don"]}}

The second stage will consist of one block – matching the first stage of Soyuz-6 – with RD-180 as engine.

The upper stage will be KVTK.

Accelerating braking unit:{{clarify|date=November 2020}} Block DM

Flight tests of a super-heavy launch vehicle will take place in two stages from 2028 to 2035.{{Cite news|date=3 July 2018|title=RSC Energia: flight tests of the Soyuz-5 rocket will take place from 2022 to 2025 (In Russian)|work=TASS|url=https://tass.ru/kosmos/5342820}}

The first stage of testing will take place in 2028–2032. It involves the launch of a crewed spacecraft, a lunar take-off and landing complex (LVPK) and other payloads on the trajectory of the flight around the Moon and circumlunar orbits in order to work out the elements of a crewed complex, create a station in the orbit of the Moon, and land on the lunar surface.

The second stage of testing will take place in 2032–2035. It is planned to launch LVPK and other uncrewed payloads for the construction and operation of a base on the lunar surface. In addition, this stage involves participation in international programs related to the study of Mars.

The super-heavy rocket is supposed to be used in the Russian lunar program, since the carrying capacity of the Angara-A5V launch vehicle (37.5 tons to LEO) is insufficient for these purposes.

• 20-ton Orel spacecraft.
• 27-ton lunar landing and takeoff complex (LPVK).
• 32-ton lunar base module.

• Spacecraft up to 30 tons to geostationary orbit
• Space telescopes 30–40 tons to the L2 Lagrange point in the Sun-Earth system

• Space Launch System
• Falcon Heavy
• Starship
• Long March 9

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