A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat-M rocket was used to launch Meteor-M No.2-2, along with the thirty-two other satellites accompanying it. The Soyuz-2-1b is the latest evolution of the Soyuz line of rockets ...

Work on the Transport Logistics Spacecraft was deferred, and the Soyuz spacecraft originally built for the Soviet manned Moon program was reapplied to ferry crews to space stations. Salyut 1 ...

On 15 October 2002, a Soyuz-U rocket was tasked with deploying an ... 2019 The Soyuz-2-1b is currently the most advanced evolution of the R-7 missile, which was originally designed by Sergei ...

Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country ...

As he circled the earth in his Soyuz 4 spacecraft last week, Russian Cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov looked down toward central Asia to watch a tiny billow of flame and smoke. It was Soyuz 5 ...

We learned that the rockets’ force, not the crumple zone on the capsule, causes so much stress that each is only suitable for a single use. A typical final descent trajectory for the Soyuz ...

Rocket Lab did not attempt a launch Tuesday, and instead announced the new target date for the IoT 4 You and Me mission of Feb. 9. Russia also successfully launched their Soyuz 2.1/V Volga rocket ...

A Russian Soyuz rocket capsule was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after launch last month because of a faulty sensor, investigators say. Russian officials believe the component was ...

The Vega-C is an evolution of the Vega rocket, which carried lightweight satellites ... of Ukraine forced the bloc to stop using Russian Soyuz vehicles. Previously, Europe relied on earlier ...

Just before dawn on the icy plains of Central Asia, a giant hanger door opens and a train towing a 2,000 tonne Soyuz rocket rolls to the launch pad in the morning light. On launch day, three ...