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Soyuz 2 (Soyuz 2.1a/2.1b/STK)

A Metop spacecraft ready for the launch atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.

Fact sheet

Function

Orbital carrier rocket

Manufacturer

TsSKB-Progress

Country of origin

Russia

Size

Height

46.1 m (151.2 ft)

Diameter

2.95 m (9.67 ft)

Mass

305,000 kg (672,000 lb)

Stages

2 or 3

Capacity

Payload to LEO

7,800 kg (17,100 lb)

Payload to
800km SSO
(With Fregat)

4,500 kg (9,900 lb)

Launch History

Status

Active

Launch sites

LC-1 & LC-31, Baikonur
LC-43 Plesetsk
ELS, Centre Spatial Guyanais*
* = Under construction

Total launches

3 (2.1a: 2, 2.1b: 1)

Successes

Maiden flight

2.1a: 8 November 2004
2.1b: 27 December 2006

Boosters (Stage 0)

N^o boosters

Engines

1 RD-117

Thrust

1,021.097 kN

Specific impulse

310 sec

Burn time

120 seconds

Fuel

LOX/RP-1

First Stage

Engines

1 RD-118

Thrust

999.601 kN (224,719 LB_f)

Specific impulse

311 sec

Burn time

286 seconds

Fuel

LOX/RP-1

Second Stage

Engines

1 RD-0124

Thrust

294 kN (66,093 LB_f)

Specific impulse

359 sec

Burn time

300 seconds

Fuel

LOX/RP-1

Third Stage (Optional) - Fregat

Engines

1 S5.92

Thrust

19.6 kN (4,406 LB_f)

Specific impulse

327 sec

Burn time

877 seconds

Fuel

N2O4/UDMH

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Launch history

Date and Time (GMT)

Configu-
ration

Serial Number

Launch Site

Result

Payload

Remarks

8 November 2004
18:30

Soyuz 2.1a

LC-43, Plesetsk

Success

Zenit-8

Suborbital test

24 December 2006
08:34

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat

LC-43, Plesetsk

Success

Meridian

Communi-
cations satellite

27 December 2006
14:28

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat

LC-31, Baikonur

Success

COROT

Astronomy satellite

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TBD

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat

Baikonur

Meteor-M

TBD

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat

RADARSAT-2

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See also

This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Soyuz (Russian: Ð¡Ð¾ÑŽÐ·, pronounced sah-YOUS, meaning union) is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolyov for the Soviet Unions space program. ... Soyuz spacecraft from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project The Soyuz human spaceflight programme was initiated in the early 1960s as part of the manned lunar programme that was intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. ... Starsem is a European-Russian company that was created in 1996 to commercialise the Soyuz launcher. ... R-7 with Sputnik 2 The R-7 (Semyorka) was the worlds first ICBM and was deployed by the Soviet Union. ...

External links

Encyclopedia Astronautica article on Soyuz 2.1 (Note - Rocket is mistakenly called Soyuz ST)

Encyclopedia Astronautica article on Soyuz 2.1/Fregat (Note - Rocket is mistakenly called Soyuz ST)

European Space Agency about Soyuz-ST (Russian name Soyuz-STK)

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Past:

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Planned:

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Historical:

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