R-7 (Semyorka) Based Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-Present) Page 1 of 4: R-7, Sputnik, Vostok, Molniya L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) R-7 R-7A Sputnik Vostok Vostok Vostok Vostok Molniya Molniya Molniya 8K71 8K74 8K71(PS) 8K72 8K72K -2 -2M 8K78 8K78/E6 -M * * (Luna) 8A92 8A92M 8K78M Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 4(2) - 2(0) - - - - - - - 1958 6(4) - 2(1) 3(3) - - - - - - 1959 15(3) 1(0) - 4(1) - - - - - - 1960 1(0) 7(1)+ - 6(3) 1(1) - - 2(2) - - 1961 - 9(1) - - 5(1) - - 2(1) - - 1962 - 1(0) - - 3(0) 5(1) - 6(5) - - 1963 - 3(0) - - 2(0) 8(2)x - 1(1) 3(2) - 1964 - 2(0) - - 2(0) 9(0) 1(0) 8(5)% - % - % 1965 - 2(0) - - - 8(1) 2(0) 10(2)% 1(1)% 1(0)% 1966 - 2(0) - - - 10(1) 2(0) 3(1)% - % 6(1)% 1967 - 1(0) - - - 5(0) 3(0) 4(1)% - % 3(0)% 1968 - - - - - - 2(0) - - 6(1) 1969 - - - - - - 3(1) - - 4(0) 1970 - - - - - - 5(0) - - 7(1) 1971 - - - - - - 5(0) - - 3(0) 1972 - - - - - - 5(0) - - 11(1) 1973 - - - - - - 3(0) - - 10(0) 1974 - - - - - - 6(0) - - 7(0) 1975 - - - - - - 6(0) - - 12(0) 1976 - - - - - - 5(0) - - 11(2) 1977 - - - - - - 7(0) - - 10(0) 1978 - - - - - - 5(0) - - 9(0) 1979 - - - - - - 8(0) - - 7(0) 1980 - - - - - - 6(0)x - - 12(2) 1981 - - - - - - 6(0) - - 14(0) 1982 - - - - - - 5(0) - - 11(1) 1983 - - - - - - 4(0) - - 11(0) 1984 - - - - - - - - - 11(0) 1985 - - - - - - 1(0) - - 16(0) 1986 - - - - - - - - - 14(1) 1987 - - - - - - - - - 4(0) 1988 - - - - - - 2(0) - - 11(0) 1989 - - - - - - - - - 6(0) 1990 - - - - - - - - - 12(1) 1991 - - - - - - 1(0) - - 5(0) 1992 - - - - - - - - - 8(0) 1993 - - - - - - - - - 8(0) 1994 - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 1995 - - - - - - - - - 4(0) 1996 - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 1997 - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 1998 - - - - - - - - - 3(0) 1999 - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2000 - - - - - - - - - - 2001 - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2002 - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2003 - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 2004 - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2005 - - - - - - - - - 1(1) 2006 - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2007 - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2008 - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2009 - - - - - - - - - - 2010 - - - - - - - - - 1(0) 2011 - - - - - - - - - - 2012 - - - - - - - - - - 2013 - - - - - - - - - - 2014 - - - - - - - - - - 2015 - - - - - - - - - - 2016 - - - - - - - - - - 2017 - - - - - - - - - - 2018 - - - - - - - - - - 2019 - - - - - - - - - - 2020 - - - - - - - - - - 2021 - - - - - - - - - - 2022 - - - - - - - - - - 2023 - - - - - - - - - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R-7 R-7A Sputnik Vostok Vostok Vostok Vostok Molniya Molniya Molniya 8K71 8K74 8K71(PS) 8K72 8K72K 8A92 8A92M 8K78 8K78/E6 -M (Luna) Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suborb 26(9) 28(2) - - - - - - - - Orbit - - 4(1) 13(7) 13(2) 45(5)x 93(1)x 36(18)% 4(3)% 280(12)% Totals 26(9) 28(2) 4(1) 13(7) 13(2) 45(5)x 93(1)x 36(18)% 4(3)% 280(12)% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * Suborbital ICBM Tests + (1960) Two Suborbital Tests with Dummy Blok-L 4th Stage (Molniya test) % Conflicting information about 8K78 versus 8K78M assignments 1964-67. x Includes 7/10/63 pad explosion of 8A92 Vostok-2 when one booster engine shut down at liftoff. x Does not include 3/18/80 pad explosion of 8A92M Vostok-2M due Plestesk fueling accident prior to launch that killed 48. Both pad accidents are included in TsSKB Progress vehicle totals. References: Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Starsem Soyuz User's Manual at "http://www.starsem.com/" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" SpaceFlightNow "http://www.spaceflightnow.com" NasaSpaceFlight "http://www.nasaspaceflight.com" TsSKB Progress "http://www.samspace.ru" Last Update 12/31/2023 by Ed Kyle