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Soyuz 11A510

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Energia

The Soyuz/Vostok, also known as just Soyuz or Vostok, or by its GRAU index, 11A510 was an interim expendable carrier rocket used by the Soviet Union in 1965 and 1966. Two were launched with prototype US-A satellites.

Key figures

Total launches
2
Successes
2
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
2
Maiden flight
Dec 27, 1965
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
204d 10h
Planned launches
0
Soyuz family total
833 launches · 809 successes · 24 failures (6 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Soyuz 11A510” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Soyuz family totals 833 launches across 6 variants.

Technology

Length
31 m
Diameter
10.3 m
Launch mass
275 t
Liftoff thrust
4,037 kN
Stages
3
LEO (low Earth orbit)
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: 2

1965: 1 Successes119651966: 1 Successes11966
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Dec 27, 1965🚀 Maiden flightUS-AO 1View launch

Sources