R-29(R)(M)(U) (Vysota, Volna, Shitl', Sineva) Launch Vehicle Flight History (Partial) by Variant/Year (1969-Present) L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) R-29 R-29R R-29R R-29RM R-29RM R-29RMU R29RMU2.1 Vysota Volna Volna Shitl' Shitl' Sineva Liner Orbital All SLBM* SLBM* Orbit SLBM* Orbit SLBM* SLBM* Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 2(0) - - - - - - - 2(0) 1970 1(0) - - - - - - - 1(0) 1971 2(0) - - - - - - - 2(0) 1972 10(0) - - - - - - - 10(0) 1973 - - - - - - - - - 1974 3(0) - - - - - - - 3(0) 1975 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1976 1(0) 1(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 1977 2(0) 5(0) - - - - - - 7(0) 1978 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1979 - - - - - - - - - 1980 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1981 4(0) 3(0) - - - - - - 7(0) 1982 - - - - - - - - - 1983 - - - 1(0) - - - - 1(0) 1984 - - - - - - - - - 1985 - - - - - - - - - 1986 1(0) - - - - - - - 1(0) 1987 - - - - - - - - - 1988 - - - - - - - - - 1989 - - - - - - - - - 1990 - - - - - - - - - 1991 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1992 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1993 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1994 - - - - - - - - - 1995 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 1996 4(0) - - 2(0) - - - - 6(0) 1997 - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) 1998 - 1(0) - 2(0) 1(0) - - 1(0) 4(0) 1999 - 4(1) - - - - - - 4(1) 2000 - - - 5(0) - - - - 5(0) 2001 - 1(0) - 6(0) - - - - 7(0) 2002 - 1(0) - 2(0) - - - - 3(0) 2003 - - - - - - - - - 2004 - 2(0) - 4(0) - 1(1) - - 7(1) 2005 - 2(0) 1(1) - - - - 1(1) 3(1) 2006 - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) - 1(0) 3(0) 2007 - 1(0) - - - 2(0) - - 3(0) 2008 - 2(0) - 1(0) - 1(0) - - 4(0) 2009 - 2(0) - - - 3(0) - - 5(0) 2010 - 1(0) - - - 4(0) - - 5(0) 2011 - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) - 4(0) 2012 - 1(0) - - - - - - 1(0) 2013 - 1(0) - 1(0) - - - - 2(0) 2014 - 1(0) - 2(0) - - - - 3(0) 2015 - 1(0) - 1(0) - 1(0) - - 3(0) 2016 - 1(0) - 1(0) - - - - 2(0) 2017 - 2(0) - - - 1(0) - - 3(0) 2018 - 2(0) - - - 2(0) - - 4(0) 2019 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 2020 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) 2021 - - - - - - - - - 2022 - - - - - 2(0) - - 2(0) 2023 - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R-29 R-29R R-29R R-29RM R-29RM R-29RMU R29RMU2.1 Vysota Volna Volna Shitl' Shitl' Sineva Liner Orbital All SLBM* SLBM* Orbit SLBM* Orbit SLBM* SLBM* Totals Totals Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 30(0) 45(1) - 27(0) - 23(1) 2(0) - 127(2) Orbit - - 1(1) - 2(0) - - 3(1) 3(1) Total 30(0) 45(1) 1(1) 27(0) 2(0) 23(1) 2(0) - 130(3) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * SLBM Suborbital Flights Orbital flights by SLBMs carrying small payloads in lieu of warheads. Launched from submarines in Barents Sea. Missile Identifiers Mfgr Name USSR NATO ----------------------------------- R-29 Vysota RSM-40 SS-N-8 R-29R Volna RSM-50 SS-N-18 R-29RM Shitl' RSM-54 SS-N-23 R-29RMU(2) Sineva RSM-54 SS-N-23 R29RMU2.1 Liner RSM-54 SS-N-23 ----------------------------------- Orbital Launch Failures DATE VEHICLE ID PAYLOAD MASS(t) SITE* ORBIT** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/21/2005 Volna Cosmos-1 0.1 BA [FTO] (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Failed first orbital attempt by converted Vona sub-launch ballistic missile from submarine in Barents Sea carrying solar sailing experiment for space society. First stage failure at T+83sec. Reports of possible satellite signals provided some initial uncertainty Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" Orbital Report "http://www.orbireport.com" SpaceFlightNow "http://www.spaceflightnow.com" Last Update 12/31/2023 by Ed Kyle