Head to head

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur vs Rokot/Briz-KM

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur: 800 kg

Rokot/Briz-KM: 1,850 kg

Side by side

7 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	Atlas SLV-3D Centaur	Rokot/Briz-KM
Flights flown	32	31
Success rate	93.8%	90.3%
Payload to LEO (kg)	800	1,850
Length (m)	21	29
Diameter (m)	3.05	2.5
Launch mass (t)	120	107
Stages	2	3

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur

Flight record

93.8% success rate30 of 32 flown · 2 failed

1973peak 1978 · 7 flights1983

Maiden flight 1973-04-06. Retired.

Rokot/Briz-KM

Flight record

90.3% success rate28 of 31 flown · 3 failed

2000peak 2013 · 4 flights2019

Maiden flight 2000-05-16. Still flying.

Atlas SLV-3D Centaur is built by Convair of the United States (company profile on Space Index).Rokot/Briz-KM is built by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces of Russia (company profile on Space Index).

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Atlas SLV-3D Centaur · Rokot/Briz-KM.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.