Rocket
Soyuz 2.1b
Progress Rocket Space Center · Russia
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.
- Manufacturer
- Progress Rocket Space Center
- First flight
- July 26, 2008
- Launches
- 25
- Successful
- 25
- Failed
- 0
- Success rate
- 100%
- Height
- 46.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Liftoff mass
- 312 t
- Payload to low Earth orbit
- 8,200 kg
- Payload to geostationary transfer orbit
- 3,250 kg
- Reusable
- no
Upcoming launches of this rocket
- Progress MS-36 (97P) · November 24, 2026