🚀Launchpad

Soyuz 11A511L

Energia

Manufacturer
Energia
Family
Soyuz
Maiden flight
1971-08-12
Length
50 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Payload to LEO
5,500 kg
Launches
3
Successful
3

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.