俄罗斯和乌克兰联合制造的天顶号运载火箭从１９８５年开始使用，主要作为军事卫星运载火箭，用于发射第４代电子侦察卫星和第６代照相侦察卫星（参见表１）。１９９４年１０月３１日，天顶号火箭成功地把１颗资源－０３探测卫星送入了极地轨道。同时搭载发射了１颗德国的微型 The Zenit launch vehicle, jointly manufactured by Russia and Ukraine, has been used since 1985 and is mainly used as a military satellite launch vehicle for the launch of the 4th generation of electronic reconnaissance satellites and the 6th generation of photographic reconnaissance satellites (see Table 1). On 31 October 1994, the Zenit rocket successfully sent 1 resource-03 satellites into orbit. At the same time equipped with a launch of a German miniature