The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads.

NPO Energomash "V.P. Glushko" is a major Russian rocket engine manufacturer, The company primarily develops and produces liquid propellant rocket engines.

NPO Energomash

RD-107A

RD-108A

Unknown

RD-0110

Progress Rocket Space Center

Soyuz 2.1a

Soyuz MS-23 will fly without crew to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to replace Soyuz MS-22, that suffered a thermal control system depressurization/leak on the ISS on December 15, 2022.

Soyuz MS-23

Low Earth Orbit

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-23

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

31/6

Soyuz

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Successful

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Progress MS-22 (83P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-22 (83P)

Progress MS-21 (82P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-21 (82P)

Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.

KBKhA

RD-0124

S5.92

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

Also onboard is the Skif-D demonstration satellite for the planned Russian Sfera LEO communication satellite constellation.

Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Cosmodrome Site 1S

Proton-M Blok DM-03 is a four stage Russian heavy lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet Proton launch vehicle.

It is a Proton-M with an added DM-03 Fourth stage.

RD-275M

RD-0210(v)

RD-0211(v)

S5.98M

JSC Kuznetsov is one of th leading Russian producers of aircraft engines,liquid-propellant rocket engines as well as aero-derivative gas turbines and modular stations 

JSC Kuznetsov

RD-58

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Proton-M Blok DM-03

The AngoSat 2 is a communications satellite built for Angola to replace the failed AngoSat 1.

The Angosat Project calls for development of a communications satellite with C- and Ku-band transponders, its launch into a geostationary orbit and development of the ground communication and TV broadcasting infrastructure.

In August 2019 it was revealed the replacement satellite is being built by ISS Reshetnev (Bus) and Airbus Defence & Space (payload). Construction has started in February 2018.

AngoSat-2

Geostationary Orbit

Proton-M/Blok DM-03 | AngoSat-2

81/24 (81P)

Soyuz MS-22 will carry Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Prokopeyev, Dmitry Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Soyuz MS-22

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-22

Sergey Prokopyev

Active

Government

Dmitriy Petelin

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Frank Rubio

Khayyam, also known as Project 505, is a Russian built Earth observation satellite for Iran. The satellite is built by VNIIEM and NPK Barl on a currently unidentified satellite bus, with resolution reaching < 1 m.

16 Russian cubesats from various institutions/universities are also arranged for launch as secondary payload by Aerospace Capital.

Khayyam & rideshare

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Khayyam & rideshare

Progress MS-20 (81P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-20 (81P)

Progress

Progress MS-20

Soyuz MS-21 will carry Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Soyuz MS-21

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-21

Oleg Artemyev

Denis Matveev

Sergey Korsakov

Progress MS-19 (80P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-19 (80P)

Progress MS-19

Soyuz MS-20 will carry Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Misurkin as well as two tourists, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano, to the International Space Station.

Soyuz MS-20

Soyuz MS-20 Patch

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-20

Alexander Misurkin

Space Adventures

Yusaku Maezawa

Private

Yozo Hirano

Soyuz-2 is the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit.  The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage.

Soyuz 2.1b

The UM (Uzlovoy Module) or NM (Node Module) is a node to be added to the Russian part of the ISS complex. It is also named Prichal.

UM will be delivered by a modified Progress space tug, called Progress-M-UM. The UM will be docked to the nadir port of the MLM (Nauka) module, providing four ports to mount additional modules and one docking port for cargo and crew spacecrafts.

Uzlovoy Module (UM) "Prichal"

Prichal Mission Patch

Soyuz 2.1b | Uzlovoy Module (UM) "Prichal"

Progress M-UM

The Progress MS-18 spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.

Progress MS-18 (79P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-18 (79P)

Progress MS-18

Soyuz mission launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov as well as the Challenge movie crew (Russian film producer Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild) to the International Space Station.

Soyuz MS-19

Soyuz MS-19 Mission Patch

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-19

Anton Shkaplerov

Pyotr Dubrov

Mark T. Vande Hei

Klim Shipenko

Non-Astronaut Passenger

Yulia Peresild

The Progress MS-17 spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.

Progress MS-17 (78P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-17 (78P)

Progress MS-17

Soyuz MS-18 begins expedition 65 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.

Soyuz MS-18

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-18

Oleg Novitskiy

Arktika-M ("Arctic-M") is a series of Earh observation satellites which will gather meteorological and hydrological data on polar region. Arktika-M satellites will also provide communication services for the region.

Arktika-M No.1

Elliptical Orbit

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Arktika-M No.1

The Progress MS-16 Spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.

Progress MS-16

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-16 (77P)

Soyuz MS-17 begins expedition 63 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.

Soyuz MS-17

Soyuz MS-17 Patch

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-17

Sergey Ryzhikov

Kathleen Rubins

Sergey Kud-Sverchkov

The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.

Progress MS-15 (76P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-15 (76P)

Progress MS-15

Progress MS-14 (75P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-14 (75P)

Progress MS-14

Soyuz MS-16 begins expedition 62 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin, Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.

Soyuz MS-16

Soyuz MS-16 Patch

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-16

Anatoli Ivanishin

Retired

Christopher Cassidy

Ivan Vagner

The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.

Progress MS-13 will deliver close to 2,480 kilograms of supplies to the ISS, including around 420 kilograms of water in the containers of the Rodnik system, around 50 kilograms of pressurized oxygen in tanks, around 650 kilograms of propellant for refueling and around 1,350 kilograms of dry cargo, such as food rations, hardware for life-support and flight control systems, hygiene and medical supplies. In addition, the crew was also scheduled to receive a new tread for the treadmill.

Progress MS-13 (74P)

Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-13 (74P)

Progress MS-13

The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.

Soyuz FG

Soyuz MS-15 begins expedition 61 by carrying NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and United Arab Emiratesâ€™ Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, a Roscosmos spaceflight participant and first Emirati in space that will spend only 8 days aboard ISS before returning to Earth aboard a Soyuz MS-12.

Soyuz MS-15

Soyuz MS-15 Patch

Soyuz-FG | Soyuz MS-15

Oleg Skripochka

Andrew R. Morgan

Jessica Meir

Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre

Hazza Al Mansouri

Uncrewed Soyuz MS spacecraft to bring cargo to the space station. This demo flight tests a modified motion and navigation control system, as well as mating to Soyuz-2.1a rocket. The results will be used in development of an uncrewed cargo vehicle, based on Soyuz spacecraft.

Soyuz MS-14 Uncrewed

Soyuz MS-14 Uncrewed Patch

Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-14 Uncrewed

Soyuz MS-14

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Scout family of rockets were were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages.

An American Propulsion and Rocket manufacturer founded in 1942 that worked on major projects for NASA such as the Apollo CM main engine, the Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System, and engines for the Titan Rockets the launched the likes of Voyager. They merged with Rocketdyne in 2013.

Aerojet

Algol 1D

Castor-1 (M33-20-4)

Antares 2(vac) (X-259)

Altair 2(X-258)(vac)

Vought

Scout X-2

P-21A

Scout X-2 | P-21A

Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

Launch Area 3

The Soviet space program, was the national space program of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) actived from 1930s until disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The Soviet Union's space program was mainly based on the cosmonautic exploration of space and the development of the expandable launch vehicles, which had been split between many design bureaus competing against each other. Over its 60-years of history, the Russian program was responsible for a number of pioneering feats and accomplishments in the human space flight, including the first intercontinental ballistic missile (R-7), first satellite (Sputnik 1), first animal in Earth orbit (the dog Laika on Sputnik 2), first human in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1), first woman in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6), first spacewalk (cosmonaut Alexei Leonov on Voskhod 2), first Moon impact (Luna 2), first image of the far side of the Moon (Luna 3) and unmanned lunar soft landing (Luna 9), first space rover (Lunokhod 1), first sample of lunar soil automatically extracted and brought to Earth (Luna 16), and first space station (Salyut 1). Further notable records included the first interplanetary probes: Venera 1 and Mars 1 to fly by Venus and Mars, respectively, Venera 3 and Mars 2 to impact the respective planet surface, and Venera 7 and Mars 3 to make soft landings on these planets.

Soviet Space Program

Russian Space Forces

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Scientific satellite with a number of space physics instruments

Oval

Kosmos-3M | Oval

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

132/2

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

RD-253

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

RD-0212

Proton-K/DM

US-KS 2

Proton-K/DM | US-KS 2

200/40

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

Arianespace

The Ariane 4 was an expendable space launch system, developed by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was manufactured by ArianeGroup and marketed by Arianespace. Since its first flight on 15 June 1988 until the final flight on 15 February 2003, it attained 113 successful launches out of 116 total launches.

Aérospatiale was a French state-owned aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale (SNIAS). Its head office was in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The name was changed to Aérospatiale during 1970.

Aérospatiale

PAL (Propulseur d'Appoint Liquide)

Snecma now known as Safran Aircraft Engines (SAE) is a French aerospace engine manufacturer.

Snecma

Viking-5C

Ariane 44L

Ariane 44L | JCSAT 2A

Previous Launches

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1962

P-21A

NASA

SCOUT X-2

Launch Area 3, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA

1977

OVAL

SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM

KOSMOS-3M

132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

1984

US-KS 2

SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM

PROTON-K/DM

200/40, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

2002

JCSAT 2A

ARIANESPACE

ARIANE 44L

Ariane Launch Area 2, Kourou, French Guiana

2005

EKSPRESS AM-2

KhSC

PROTON-K/DM-2M

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

2016

BEIDOU NO. 22

CASC

LONG MARCH 3A

Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2018

GSAT-6A

ISRO

GSLV MK II

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, Sriharikota, Republic of India

2018

VNIIEM EMKA

RUSSIAN SPACE FORCES

SOYUZ 2.1V

43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

2018

BEIDOU-3 M9 & M10

CASC

LONG MARCH 3B / YZ-1

Unknown Pad, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2022

DEMO FLIGHT

CASC

LONG MARCH 6A

Launch Complex 9A, Taiyuan, People's Republic of China

Feb 24

SOYUZ MS-23

ROSCOSMOS

SOYUZ 2.1A

31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Feb 09

PROGRESS MS-22

ROSCOSMOS

SOYUZ 2.1A

31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Oct 26

PROGRESS MS-21

ROSCOSMOS

SOYUZ 2.1A

31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Oct 22

GONETS-M33, GONETS-M34, GONETS-M35 & SKIF-D

ROSCOSMOS

SOYUZ 2.1B/FREGAT-M

Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Oct 12

ANGOSAT-2

ROSCOSMOS

PROTON-M/BLOK DM-03

81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Sep 21

SOYUZ MS-22

ROSCOSMOS

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