Soyuz rocket

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian rocket family
expendable launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
alsoKnownAs Soyuz rocket
surface form: Soyuz launch vehicle
carries Progress spacecraft
surface form: Progress cargo spacecraft

Soyuz spacecraft
countryOfOrigin Russia
Soviet Union
derivedFrom Voskhod launch vehicle
surface form: Voskhod rocket

Vostok-L rocket
surface form: Vostok rocket
developedBy Soviet space program
family R-7 Semyorka rocket
surface form: 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 Baikonur Cosmodrome
surface form: 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 rocket self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soyuz-2

Soyuz rocket self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soyuz-FG

Soyuz rocket self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soyuz-ST
typicalOrbit low Earth orbit
usedBy European Space Agency
Russian space program
Soviet space program
usedFor International Space Station program
surface form: International Space Station missions

cargo resupply
crewed spaceflight
satellite launches
usedSince 1960s

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Luca Parmitano launchVehicle Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-FG
Luca Parmitano launchVehicle Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-2.1a
Pedro Duque launchVehicle Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-FG
Paolo Nespoli launchVehicle Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-FG
Soyuz-2 launch complex designedFor Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-2 launch vehicle family
Soyuz-2 launch complex supportsRocket Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-2.1a
Soyuz-2 launch complex supportsRocket Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-2.1b
Soyuz-2 launch complex supportsRocket Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-2.1v
Soyuz-2 launch complex firstLaunchVehicle Soyuz rocket
this entity surface form: Soyuz-2.1a