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Soyuz FG

Retired

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The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.

Key figures

Total launches
60
Successes
59
Failures
1
Success rate
98.3 %
Success streak
5
Maiden flight
May 20, 2001
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
16d 17h
Planned launches
0

Technology

Length
49.5 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch mass
305 t
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
6,450 kg
SSO (sun-synchronous)
4,500 kg

Engines & propellant

Boosters4× RD-107AKerosin / Flüssigsauerstoff
1st stage1× RD-108A (Zentralblock)Kerosin / Flüssigsauerstoff
2nd stageRD-0110 / RD-0124Kerosin / Flüssigsauerstoff
Kick stageFregat (optional)UDMH / Stickstofftetroxid

Engine and propellant data from curated sources: Wikipedia — Sojus (Rakete)

Launches per year

of which in our database: 60

2001: 2 Successes220012002: 2 Successes22003: 2 Successes220032004: 2 Successes22005: 2 Successes220052006: 2 Successes22007: 2 Successes220072008: 2 Successes22009: 4 Successes420092010: 4 Successes42011: 4 Successes420112012: 4 Successes42013: 4 Successes420132014: 4 Successes42015: 4 Successes420152016: 4 Successes42017: 4 Successes420172018: 4 Successes2018: 1 Failures52019: 3 Successes32019
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. May 20, 2001🚀 Maiden flightProgress M1-6View launch →
  2. Jun 6, 2018👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz MS-09View launch →▶ Video
  3. Oct 11, 2018💥 FailureSoyuz MS-10View launch →▶ Video
  4. Oct 11, 2018👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz MS-10View launch →▶ Video
  5. Dec 3, 2018👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz MS-11View launch →▶ Video
  6. Mar 14, 2019👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz MS-12View launch →▶ Video
  7. Jul 20, 2019👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz MS-13View launch →▶ Video
  8. Sep 25, 2019👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz MS-15View launch →▶ Video

Sources