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Soyuz 11A511M
RetiredEnergia
The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed in the 1960s by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union. It was commissioned to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soviet human spaceflight program, first with 8 uncrewed test flights, followed by the first 19 crewed launches.
Key figures
Total launches
8
Successes
8
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
8
Maiden flight
Dec 27, 1971
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
127d 21h
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 11A511M” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Soyuz family totals 833 launches across 6 variants.
Technology
Length
50 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Launch mass
300 t
Liftoff thrust
4,054 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
6,600 kg
Engines & propellant
| Boosters | 4× RD-107A | Kerosin / Flüssigsauerstoff |
| 1st stage | 1× RD-108A (Zentralblock) | Kerosin / Flüssigsauerstoff |
| 2nd stage | RD-0110 / RD-0124 | Kerosin / Flüssigsauerstoff |
| Kick stage | Fregat (optional) | UDMH / Stickstofftetroxid |
Engine and propellant data from curated sources: Wikipedia — Sojus (Rakete)
Launches per year
of which in our database: 8
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia