Soyuz-FG

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Soyuz FG
The launch of Soyuz TMA-3 atop a Soyuz-FG rocket.
FunctionOrbital carrier rocket
ManufacturerTsSKB-Progress
Country of originRussia
Size
Height
Diameter2.95 m[citation needed]
Mass305,000 kg (672,000 lb)
Stages2 (Soyuz FG) or 3 (Soyuz-FG/Fregat)
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass
  • FG: 6,900 kg (15,200 lb)
  • FG/Fregat: 7,800 kg (17,200 lb)[citation needed]
Payload to SSO
MassFG/Fregat: 4,500 kg (9,900 lb)[citation needed]
Associated rockets
FamilyR-7 (Soyuz)
Launch history
StatusRetired
Launch sites
Total launches70 (FG: 60, FG/Fregat: 10)
Success(es)69
Failure(s)1
First flight
  • FG: 20 May 2001
  • FG/Fregat: 2 June 2003
Last flight
  • FG: 25 September 2019
  • FG/Fregat: 22 July 2012
Type of passengers/cargo
Boosters – Blok-B,V,G,D
No. boosters4
Height19.6 m (64 ft)
Diameter2.68 m (8.8 ft)
Empty mass3,800 kg (8,400 lb)
Gross mass43,400 kg (95,700 lb)
Powered byRD-107A
Maximum thrust
  • Sea level: 838.5 kN (188,500 lbf)
  • Vacuum: 1,021.3 kN (229,600 lbf)
Specific impulse
  • Sea level: 263.3 s (2.582 km/s)
  • Vacuum: 320.2 s (3.140 km/s)
Burn time118 seconds
PropellantLOX/RG-1
Second stage – Blok-A
Height27.1 m (89 ft)
Diameter2.95 m (9.7 ft)
Empty mass6,550 kg (14,440 lb)
Gross mass99,500 kg (219,400 lb)
Powered byRD-108A
Maximum thrust
  • Sea level: 792.48 kN (178,160 lbf)
  • Vacuum: 990.18 kN (222,600 lbf)
Specific impulse
  • Sea level: 257.7 s (2.527 km/s)
  • Vacuum: 320.6 s (3.144 km/s)
Burn time280 seconds
PropellantLOX/RG-1
Third stage – Blok-I
Height6.7 m (22 ft)
Diameter2.66 m (8.7 ft)
Empty mass2,410 kg (5,310 lb)
Gross mass25,300 kg (55,800 lb)
Powered byRD-0110
Maximum thrust297.93 kilonewtons (66,980 lbf)
Specific impulse326 seconds
Burn time230 seconds
PropellantLOX/RG-1
Upper stage (optional) – Fregat
Height1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Diameter3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Empty mass930 kg (2,050 lb)
Propellant mass5,250 kg (11,570 lb)
Powered byS5.92
Maximum thrust19.85 kilonewtons (4,460 lbf)
Specific impulse333.2 seconds
Burn time1100 seconds
PropellantN2O4/UDMH

The Soyuz-FG launch vehicle was an improved version of the Soyuz-U from the R-7 family of rockets, designed and constructed by TsSKB-Progress in Samara, Russia. Guidance, navigation, and control system was developed and manufactured by "Polisvit" Special Design Bureau (Kharkov, Ukraine).

Soyuz-FG made its maiden flight on 20 May 2001, carrying a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). It was retired after the 25 September 2019 launch of Soyuz MS-15 to the ISS; the analog control system significantly limited its capabilities and prompted its replacement by Soyuz-2. From 30 October 2002 to 25 September 2019, the Soyuz-FG was the only vehicle used by the Russian Federal Space Agency to launch Soyuz-TMA and Soyuz-MS crewed spacecraft to the ISS.

For uncrewed flights, Soyuz-FG optionally flew with a Fregat upper stage, developed and produced by Lavochkin Association in Khimki. The maiden flight of this configuration occurred on 2 June 2003, the first of ten such launches. Launches of the Soyuz-FG/Fregat configuration were marketed by a European-Russian company called Starsem.

Soyuz-FG was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, from Gagarin's Start (pad LC-1/5) for crewed missions, and from LC-31/6 for satellite launches with the Fregat variant.

The Soyuz-FG performed 64 successful launches until its first failure on 11 October 2018 with the Soyuz MS-10 mission. A video recording of the spaceflight released several weeks later suggested a faulty sensor, resulted in the destruction of the rocket. The crew, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin, escaped safely.

Launch history

Date and time (UTC) Configuration Serial number Launch site Result Payload Remarks
20 May 2001
22:32
Soyuz-FG К15000-001 Gagarin's Start
(Baikonur LC-1/5)
Success Progress M1-6 ISS logistics
26 November 2001
18:24
Soyuz-FG Ф15000-002 Gagarin's Start Success Progress M1-7 ISS logistics
Kolibri 2000
25 September 2002
16:58
Soyuz-FG Э15000-003 Gagarin's Start Success Progress M1-9 ISS logistics
30 October 2002
16:58
Soyuz-FG Э15000-004 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-1 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS escape craft
26 April 2003
03:53
Soyuz-FG Э15000-006 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-2 Crewed flight with 2 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 7
2 June 2003
18:24
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Э15000-005/
ST-11
Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Mars Express Mars orbiter
Beagle 2 Mars lander
Spacecraft failed after landing
18 October 2003
05:38
Soyuz-FG Д15000-007 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-3 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 8
27 December 2003
21:30
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Д15000-008/
ST-12
Baikonur LC-31/6 Success AMOS-2 Communications satellite
19 April 2004
05:19
Soyuz-FG Ж15000-009 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-4 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 9
14 October 2004
03:06
Soyuz-FG Ж15000-012 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-5 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 10
15 April 2005
00:46
Soyuz-FG Ж15000-014 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-6 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 11
13 August 2005
23:28
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Ж15000-011/
ST-13
Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Galaxy 14 Communications satellite
1 October 2005
03:54
Soyuz-FG П15000-017 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-7 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 12
9 November 2005
03:33
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Ж15000-010/
ST-14
Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Venus Express Venus orbiter
28 December 2005
05:19
Soyuz-FG/Fregat П15000-015/
ST-15
Baikonur LC-31/6 Success GIOVE-A Navigation satellite
30 March 2006
02:30
Soyuz-FG П15000-018 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-8 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 13
18 September 2006
04:08
Soyuz-FG Ц15000-023 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-9 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 14
7 April 2007
17:31
Soyuz-FG Ц15000-019 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-10 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 15
29 May 2007
20:31
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Ц15000-021 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Globalstar × 4 Communications satellites
10 October 2007
13:22
Soyuz-FG Ц15000-020 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-11 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 16
20 October 2007
20:12
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Ц15000-022 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Globalstar × 4 Communications satellites
14 December 2007
13:17
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Ц15000-025 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success RADARSAT-2 Earth observation
8 April 2008
11:16
Soyuz-FG Ш15000-024 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-12 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 17
First South Korean in space.
26 April 2008
22:16
Soyuz-FG/Fregat П15000-016 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success GIOVE-B Navigation satellite
12 October 2008
07:01
Soyuz-FG Ш15000-026 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-13 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 18
26 March 2009
11:49
Soyuz-FG Ю15000-027 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-14 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 19
27 May 2009
10:34
Soyuz-FG Ю15000-030 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-15 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 20
30 September 2009
07:14
Soyuz-FG Б15000-029 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-16 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 21
20 December 2009
21:52
Soyuz-FG Б15000-031 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-17 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 22
2 April 2010
04:04
Soyuz-FG Ю15000-028 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-18 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 23
15 June 2010
21:35
Soyuz-FG Б15000-032 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-19 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 24
7 October 2010
23:10
Soyuz-FG Б15000-035 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-01M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 25
15 December 2010
19:09
Soyuz-FG Б15000-034 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-20 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 26
4 April 2011
22:18
Soyuz-FG И15000-036 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-21 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 27
7 June 2011
20:12
Soyuz-FG И15000-037 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-02M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 28
14 November 2011
04:14
Soyuz-FG И15000-038 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-22 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 29
21 December 2011
13:16
Soyuz-FG Л15000-039 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-03M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 30/31
15 May 2012
03:01
Soyuz-FG Л15000-041 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-04M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 31/32
15 July 2012
02:40
Soyuz-FG Л15000-042 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-05M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 32/33
22 July 2012
06:41
Soyuz-FG/Fregat Б15000-033 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites
23 October 2012
10:51
Soyuz-FG Л15000-044 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Soyuz TMA-06M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 33/34
19 December 2012
12:12
Soyuz-FG Л15000-040 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-07M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 34/35
28 March 2013
20:43
Soyuz-FG Е15000-043 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-08M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 35/36
28 May 2013
20:31
Soyuz-FG Е15000-045 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-09M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 36/37
25 September 2013
20:58
Soyuz-FG Е15000-046 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-10M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 37/38
7 November 2013
04:14
Soyuz-FG Т15000-048 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-11M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 38/39
25 March 2014
21:17
Soyuz-FG Т15000-047 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-12M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 39/40
28 May 2014
19:57
Soyuz-FG Т15000-049 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-13M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 40/41
25 September 2014
20:25
Soyuz-FG Т15000-050 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-14M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 41/42
23 November 2014
21:01
Soyuz-FG T15000-051 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Soyuz TMA-15M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 42/43
27 March 2015
19:42
Soyuz-FG G15000-053 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-16M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 43/44
22 July 2015
21:03
Soyuz-FG G15000-052 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-17M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 44/45
2 September 2015
04:38
Soyuz-FG G15000-054 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-18M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 45/46
15 December 2015
11:03
Soyuz-FG G15000-055 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-19M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 46/47
18 March 2016
21:26
Soyuz-FG R15000-057 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz TMA-20M Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 47/48
7 July 2016
01:36
Soyuz-FG R15000-056 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-01 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 48/49
19 October 2016
08:05
Soyuz-FG R15000-059 Baikonur LC-31/6 Success Soyuz MS-02 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 49/50
17 November 2016
20:20
Soyuz-FG R15000-060 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-03 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 50/51
20 April 2017
07:13
Soyuz-FG U15000-065 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-04 Crewed flight with 2 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 51/52
28 July 2017
15:40
Soyuz-FG R15000-058 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-05 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 52/53
12 September 2017
21:17
Soyuz-FG U15000-063 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-06 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 53/54
17 December 2017
07:21
Soyuz-FG R15000-061 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-07 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 54/55
21 March 2018
17:44
Soyuz-FG N15000-066 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-08 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 55/56
6 June 2018
11:12
Soyuz-FG U15000-064 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-09 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 56/57
11 October 2018
08:40
Soyuz-FG N15000-062 Gagarin's Start Failure Soyuz MS-10 Crewed flight with 2 cosmonauts
Planned for ISS Expedition 57
Aborted during ascent, crew landed safely.
16 November 2018
18:14
Soyuz-FG N15000-068 Gagarin's Start Success Progress MS-10 ISS logistics
3 December 2018
11:31
Soyuz-FG N15000-067 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-11 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 57/58/59
14 March 2019
19:14
Soyuz-FG N15000-070 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-12 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 59/60
20 July 2019
16:28
Soyuz-FG N15000-069 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-13 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 60/61
25 September 2019
13:57:43
Soyuz-FG N15000-071 Gagarin's Start Success Soyuz MS-15 Crewed flight with 3 cosmonauts
ISS Expedition 61/62
Last flight of Soyuz-FG variant, to be replaced by Soyuz-2 for future crewed missions.

See also

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan 10 October 2008.

References

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