R-7 (Semyorka) Based Launch Vehicle Flight History 
                   Page 4 of 4:  Partial Orbital Failure List (for 1990-Present)

Date      Vehicle           ID     Site     Payload        Failure Description                               Result#
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04/03/90  Soyuz-U                  PL 43/3  Yantar 4K1     Failed to orbit                                    [FTO]
06/21/90  Molniya M                PL 43/3  Oko #64        2BL 4th stg failed to ignite, left in LEO          [LEO]
07/03/90  Soyuz-U                  PL 16/2  Yantar 4K1     Failed to orbit                                    [FTO]
05/14/96  Soyuz-U                  TB 31/6  Yantar 1KF1-18 Shroud failed t+49s                                [FTO]
06/20/96  Soyuz-U                  PL 16/2  yantar 4K2-77  Shroud failed t+50s                                [FTO]
10/15/02  Soyuz-U           1672   PL 43/3  Foton M-1      1st stg engine failure T+8s, 1 killed on ground    [FTO]
06/21/05  Molniya M         1698   PL 16/2  Molniya 3K     2nd stg engine failure T+4m58s                     [FTO]
05/21/09  Soyuz 2-1a/Fregat 1744   PL 43/4  Meridian 2     3rd stg burn ended early, low orbit                [EEO]
08/24/11  Soyuz U           1775   TB 1/5   Progress M-12M 3rd stg gas gen fuel blocked at T+325 sec.         [FTO]
12/23/11  Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat 1783   PL 43/4  Meridian 2     3rd stg propulsion failure at T+421 sec.           [FTO]
08/22/14  Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat VS09   KO ELS   Galileo FOC-1  Fregat attitude failure during final burn          [EEO]
04/28/15  Soyuz 2-1a        1840   TB 31/6  Progress M-27M Resonance at Stg3 cutoff.  Progess tumbled, lost.  [LEO]
12/01/16  Soyuz U           1865   TB 1/5   Progress MS-04 Telem lost T+383s, during 3rd stage burn           [FTO]
11/28/17  Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat 1877   VO 1     Meteor M2-1    Fregat M guidance, bad orientation for first burn  [FTO]
10/11/18  Soyuz FG          1886   TB 1/5   Soyuz MS-10    Booster Sep Failure. Crew survived ballistic abort.[FTO]
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Footnotes:

#  (FTO):  Failed to Orbit
   (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
   (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
   (LEO):  Unintended Low Earth Orbit

"PL" = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome
"TB" = Tayuratam/Baikonur Cosmodrome

References:

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"
TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. 

Last Update 12/31/2023 by Ed Kyle