🚀Launchpad

Soyuz 11A511M

Energia

Manufacturer
Energia
Family
Soyuz
Maiden flight
1971-12-27
Length
50 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Payload to LEO
6,600 kg
Launches
8
Successful
8

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.