The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Type: Government
Successful Launch / Total Launch: 327 / 339
Number of launch attempt this year: 1
Launchers: Soyuz
Spacecraft: Soyuz
Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.
Successful Launch / Total Launch : 35 / 35
Height: 46.3 m
Diameter: 10.3 m
Liftoff Mass: 313 t
Liftoff Thrust: 4150 kN
Cost: 48500000 €
LEO / GTO capacity: 8200 kg / 3250 kg
Apogee: - km
1st flight: 2008-07-26
Note: Payload identities uncertain. Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) constellation for broadband high-speed internet access in Russia.
Type: Communications
Orbit: Polar Orbit (PO)
Window: 2026-03 NDY
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Launches from the pad this year / Total launches from the pad: 0 / 0
Total launches from the location: 1681
Timezone: Europe/Moscow