In accordance with the Agreement on strategic armaments reduction a number of Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles are to be destroyed. They include the SS-19 rocket. Within the frame work of the conversion program the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has created the «Rockot» launcher on the basis of this missile. The first launch of the rocket has been done from Plesetsk launch pad at May 16, 2000. The «Rockot's» technical characteristics make it possible to launch spacecraft into low; middle circular and elliptic orbits (including high elliptic orbits).
   The «Rockot» launcher includes the third stage the «Breeze» booster. The «Breeze» booster's main engine is able to multiple ignite. This makes it possible to realize different schemes of s/c delivery to orbit together with a piggy-back launch of several s/c into one or several various orbits. The «Breeze» booster instrumentation is able to provide high accuracy of s/c injection in the orbit, if necessary, its power supply during a flight of up to 7 hours.
   The light class launchers (like «Rockot») make it possible to successfully solve scientific-research, economic and commercial tasks without excessive
expenditure and to conduct unique experiments. 
   The light class launcher «Rockot» fully satisfies all the strictest demands of s/c designers and the launch site capacity makes it possible to launch a large number of rockets with a high frequency makes it possible to launch a large number of rockets with a high frequency.