Head to head

Rokot/Briz-KM vs Tsiklon-2

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

Rokot/Briz-KM: 1,850 kg

Tsiklon-2: 2,820 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

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

Metric	Rokot/Briz-KM	Tsiklon-2
Flights flown	31	105
Success rate	90.3%	98.1%
Payload to LEO (kg)	1,850	2,820
Liftoff thrust (kN)	1,870	2,366
Length (m)	29	39.7
Diameter (m)	2.5	3
Launch mass (t)	107	182
Stages	3	3

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.

Tsiklon-2

Flight record

98.1% success rate103 of 105 flown · 2 failed

1969peak 1976 · 8 flights2006

Maiden flight 1969-08-06. Retired.

Rokot/Briz-KM is built by Russian Aerospace Defence Forces of Russia (company profile on Space Index).Tsiklon-2 is built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Rokot/Briz-KM · Tsiklon-2.

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