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Launch Date
10/25/1968
Launch Site
NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
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Launch Vehicle
Soyuz 11A511 (R-7 Family)
The Fregat upper stage enables the Soyuz-2 rocket to deliver up to 4,800 kg of payload mass to a sun-synchronous orbit.
The RD-107A rocket engine is used on the first stage of Soyuz-2 rockets.
Astroscale Japan Inc. contracted Glavkosmos/GK Launch Services to launch the ELSA-d mission on a Soyuz-2 cluster mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome in early 2020.
RIA Novosti published on 2018-10-20 that one of the strap-on boosters was not properly attached to the rocket’s core stage during assembly and that a bent mounting lug and added lubricant led to the booster striking the core stage during separation.
Axelspace’s first AxelGlobe satellite is scheduled to launch 2018-12-27 from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2 rocket through smallsat launch aggregator Glavkosmos.
On 2020-11-11, Axelspace planned to send four satellites into sun-synchronous orbit in March on a Soyuz-2 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
The seven other Soyuz-2 launches where GK Launch Services is offering secondary payload space are all to sun-synchronous orbits launching from either Vostochny or the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
ELSA-d is scheduled to launch 2021-03-20 as part of a GK Launch Services Soyuz-2 rideshare mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
CAS500-2 is slated to be launched in the first half of 2022 on a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket under a two-part launch agreement KARI and KAI signed with GK Launch Services in 2017.
Kepler launched two additional satellites on 2021-03-22 via Soyuz-2, expanding its active constellation to a total of 15 satellites.
Synspective Inc. signed a launch agreement with Exolaunch to launch the second demonstration satellite StriX-β on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia in late 2021.
International Launch Services offers launch services using the Proton, Angara 1.2, Angara 5, Soyuz-2, and Soyuz-5 launch vehicles.
Astroscale launched two spacecraft for the ELSA-d mission on 2021-03-22 aboard a Soyuz-2 rocket and they are performing tests in preparation for a series of maneuvers 2021 to demonstrate the company’s capabilities.
Synspective and Exolaunch have a launch agreement to launch Synspective’s third demonstration SAR satellite StriX-1 on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle in mid-2022.
Synspective and Exolaunch have a launch agreement for Synspective’s third demonstration SAR satellite StriX-1 to launch on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle in mid-2022.
Hiber launched a fourth satellite as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2 launch in March 2021.