Dnepr launch vehicle (LV) is based on the SS-18 liquid-fuelled ICBM and has a three-stage plus Space Head Module (SHM) in-line configuration. The Dnepr is a converted decommissioned SS-18 ICBM. The LV 1st and 2nd stages are original SS-18 stages and used without any modification. 22 launches were made, 21 of them successful.” This missile had a single 18 MT warhead or alternatively could carry 8 re-entry vehicles (4x400 kT and 4x1 MT). “The Dnepr is based on the most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile in the world, RS-20, or SS-18 (Satan), having a high payload capability and reliability proven by 160 launches. satellite image of the Dnieper river estuary, captured 8-Aug 2015. The total length of the river is variously given as 2,145 kilometres (1,333 mi) or 2,201 km (1,368 mi), of which 485 km (301 mi) are within Russia, 700 km (430 mi) are within Belarus, and 1,095 km (680 mi) are within Ukraine. R-36M (SS-18 Mod.1). The first Dnepr was launched on April 21, 1999. It had a range of 11 200 km and a CEP of 700 m. A total of 148 missiles were deployed between 1974 and 1983. ISC Kosmotras conducts Dnepr launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome and Yasny launch base in Dombarovskiy, Russia.