Soyuz rocket

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Russian rocket family expendable launch vehicle orbital launch vehicle

The Soyuz rocket is a long-serving Russian expendable launch vehicle renowned for reliably transporting crews and cargo to low Earth orbit, including missions to the International Space Station.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian rocket family → expendable launch vehicle → orbital launch vehicle →
alsoKnownAs	Soyuz launch vehicle →
carries	Progress cargo spacecraft → Soyuz spacecraft →
countryOfOrigin	Russia → Soviet Union →
derivedFrom	Voskhod rocket → Vostok rocket →
developedBy	Soviet space program →
family	R-7 rocket family →
fuel	RP-1 kerosene →
guidanceSystem	inertial guidance →
launchConfiguration	core stage with four strap-on boosters →
launchEscapeSystem	integrated with Soyuz spacecraft →
launchesFrom	Site 1 Baikonur Cosmodrome →
launchRecord	one of the most flown launch vehicles in history →
launchSite	Baikonur Cosmodrome → Guiana Space Centre → Plesetsk Cosmodrome → Vostochny Cosmodrome →
manufacturer	Progress Rocket Space Centre → RKK Energia →
missionRole	primary crew transport to ISS after Space Shuttle retirement →
missionType	crewed orbital missions → uncrewed cargo missions →
notableFor	high launch reliability → longest-serving crewed launch system in use →
operator	Arianespace → Roscosmos →
oxidizer	liquid oxygen →
payloadToLEO	approximately 7 metric tons →
propellantType	liquid fuel →
stages	3 →
status	operational →
successorVariant	Soyuz-2 → Soyuz-FG → Soyuz-ST →
typicalOrbit	low Earth orbit →
usedBy	European Space Agency → Russian space program → Soviet space program →
usedFor	International Space Station missions → cargo resupply → crewed spaceflight → satellite launches →
usedSince	1960s →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gaia observatory ("Soyuz-STB") → Guiana Space Centre ("Soyuz-ST") → MICROSCOPE ("Soyuz ST-A") → Progress spacecraft ("Soyuz rocket family") → RADARSAT-2 ("Soyuz-FG/Fregat") →	launchVehicle
Soyuz rocket ("Soyuz-FG") → Soyuz rocket ("Soyuz-2") → Soyuz rocket ("Soyuz-ST") →	successorVariant
OKB-1 ("Soyuz launch vehicle") → Soviet space program →	developed
Plesetsk Cosmodrome ("Soyuz") → Plesetsk Cosmodrome ("Soyuz-2") →	launchVehicleUsed
International Space Station program → Roscosmos ("Soyuz rocket family") →	usesLaunchVehicle
Soyuz rocket ("Soyuz launch vehicle") →	alsoKnownAs
R-7 Semyorka ("Soyuz launch vehicle") →	familyVariant
Vostochny Cosmodrome ("Soyuz-2") →	primaryLaunchVehicle
Baikonur Cosmodrome →	rocketLaunched
RP-1 ("Soyuz launch vehicle") →	usedIn
Soyuz spacecraft →	usesRocket