The Zenit-3SLB or Zenit-3M is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 expendable

Expendable launch system

An expendable launch system is a launch system that uses an expendable launch vehicle to carry a payload into space. The vehicles used in expendable launch systems are designed to be used only once , and their components are not recovered for re-use after launch...

 carrier rocket derived from the Zenit-2SLB

Zenit-2M

The Zenit-2M, Zenit-2SB or Zenit-2SLB is an Ukrainian expendable carrier rocket derived from the Zenit-3SL. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which were designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau...

. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, which were designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau

Yuzhnoye Design Bureau , located in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles established by Mikhail Yangel. Yuzhnoye's OKB designation was OKB-586....

. It is a modified version of the Zenit-3SL

Zenit-3SL

The Zenit-3SL is an expendable carrier rocket operated by Sea Launch. First flown in 1999, it has been launched 30 times, with two failures and one partial failure. It is a member of the Zenit family of rockets, and is built by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau. RKK Energia produces the Block DM-SL upper...

, designed to be launched from a conventional launch pad rather than the Sea Launch

Sea Launch

Sea Launch is a spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile sea platform for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit 3SL rockets...

 Ocean Odyssey

Ocean Odyssey

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 platform.

Launches of Zenit-3SLB rockets are conducted from Site 45/1

Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 45

Site 45 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a launch site used by Zenit rockets. It consists of two pads, one of which is still in use. It has been the launch site for all Soviet and Russian government Zenit launches, along with a commercial launch conducted for Globalstar in 1998, and continuing...

 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome

The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...

. Commercial launches are conducted by Land Launch

Land Launch

Land Launch, a subsidiary of Sea Launch, conducts commercial launches of Zenit rockets from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 45. It operates two-stage Zenit-2SLB and three stage Zenit-3SLB rockets....

, and use the designation 3SLB, whilst launches conducted by Roskosmos or the Russian Space Forces will use the designation 3M.

It consists of a Zenit-2SB (Zenit-2M) core vehicle, with a Block DM-SLB

Block D

Blok D is an upper stage used on Soviet and later Russian expendable launch systems, including the N1, Proton-K and Zenit. There were plans to use it for some other rockets as well ....

 upper stage. The first launch of a Zenit-3SLB occurred on 28 April 2008, carrying the Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i AMOS-3

AMOS-3

AMOS-3, also known as AMOS-60 is an Israeli communications satellite operated by Spacecom. The satellite is powered by twin solar panels, and is based on the Israeli AMOS bus. It will replace AMOS-1 in geosynchronous orbit at 4°W...

 satellite. This was also the first commercial Zenit launch from Baikonur since a failed Globalstar

Globalstar

Globalstar is a low Earth orbit satellite constellation for satellite phone and low-speed data communications, somewhat similar to the Iridium satellite constellation and Orbcomm satellite systems.-History:...

 launch in 1998, and the first launch to be conducted by the Land Launch consortium.

Launches

1. A Zenit-3SLB launched the AMOS-3
   AMOS-3
   AMOS-3, also known as AMOS-60 is an Israeli communications satellite operated by Spacecom. The satellite is powered by twin solar panels, and is based on the Israeli AMOS bus. It will replace AMOS-1 in geosynchronous orbit at 4°W...
   
    communications satellite on April 28, 2008.http://www.boeing.com/special/sea-launch/land-launch/past_launches/mission_amos_3.html
2. A Zenit-3SLB inserted the Telstar 11N communications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit on February 26, 2009.http://www.boeing.com/special/sea-launch/land-launch/past_launches/past_telstar_11.htm
3. A Zenit-3SLB deployed to orbit the MEASAT-3a satellite (formerly MEASAT-1R) on June 21, 2009.http://www.boeing.com/special/sea-launch/land-launch/past_launches/past_measat-3a.htm
4. A Zenit-3SLB lifted off on November 30, 2009 and subsequently deployed Intelsat 15
   Intelsat 15
   Intelsat 15 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat. Intelsat 15 was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, on a Star-2 Bus. Intelsat plans to locate Intelsat 15 at 85° E longitude...
   
    into orbit.
5. A Zenit-3SLB lifted off on October 05, 2011 and subsequently deployed Intelsat 18 into orbit