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Soyuz

Active

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Key figures

Total launches
32
Successes
30
Failures
2
Success rate
93.8 %
Success streak
3
Maiden flight
Nov 28, 1966
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
23h 34min
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” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Soyuz family totals 833 launches across 6 variants.

Technology

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: 32

1966: 1 Successes1966: 1 Failures219661967: 4 Successes419671968: 5 Successes519681969: 5 Successes519691970: 1 Successes119701971: 2 Successes219711972: 1 Successes119721973: 4 Successes419731974: 3 Successes319741975: 2 Successes1975: 1 Failures319751976: 2 Successes21976
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Nov 28, 1966🚀 Maiden flightKosmos 133View launch →
  2. Dec 14, 1966💥 FailureSoyuz 7K-OK No.1View launch →
  3. Aug 26, 1974👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz 15View launch →
  4. Jan 10, 1975👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz 17View launch →
  5. Apr 5, 1975💥 FailureSoyuz 7K-T No.39 (Soyuz 18a / Soyuz 18-1)View launch →
  6. Apr 5, 1975👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz 7K-T No.39 (Soyuz 18a / Soyuz 18-1)View launch →
  7. May 24, 1975👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz 18View launch →
  8. Jul 6, 1976👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz 21View launch →
  9. Oct 14, 1976👨‍🚀 Crewed flightSoyuz 23View launch →

Sources