R-7 (Semyorka) Based Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-Present) Page 3 of 4: Soyuz Variants By Ed Kyle, Last Update May 16, 2024 L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz-U Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz R-7 R-7 -U -U2 Ikar/ -FG -FG/ -2-1a -2-1a/ -2-1b/ -2-1b -2-1a/ Orbital Totals Fregat Fregat Fregat Fregat Volga Totals 11A511U 11A511U2 11A511U 11A511FG 14A14-1A 14A14-1B Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1957 - - - - - - - - - - 2(0) 6(2) 1958 - - - - - - - - - - 5(4) 11(8) 1959 - - - - - - - - - - 4(1) 20(5) 1960 - - - - - - - - - - 9(6) 17(7) 1961 - - - - - - - - - - 7(2) 16(3) 1962 - - - - - - - - - - 14(6) 15(6) 1963 - - - - - - - - - - 16(5)x 19(5)x 1964 - - - - - - - - - - 26(5) 28(5) 1965 - - - - - - - - - - 35(4) 37(4) 1966 - - - - - - - - - - 37(4)x 39(4)x 1967 - - - - - - - - - - 39(4) 40(4) 1968 - - - - - - - - - - 42(1) 42(1) 1969 - - - - - - - - - - 44(1) 44(1) 1970 - - - - - - - - - - 44(2) 44(2) 1971 - - - - - - - - - - 44(4) 44(4) 1972 - - - - - - - - - - 48(2) 48(2) 1973 3(0) - - - - - - - - - 54(1) 54(1) 1974 10(1) - - - - - - - - - 52(3) 52(3) 1975 10(0) - - - - - - - - - 59(1) 59(1) 1976 24(1) - - - - - - - - - 55(3) 55(3) 1977 39(2) - - - - - - - - - 56(2) 56(2) 1978 45(0) - - - - - - - - - 59(0) 59(0) 1979 47(2) - - - - - - - - - 62(2) 62(2) 1980 45(0) - - - - - - - - - 63(2)x 63(2)x 1981 42(1) - - - - - - - - - 62(1) 62(1) 1982 44(2) 1(0) - - - - - - - - 61(3) 61(3) 1983 41(0)x 1(0) - - - - - - - - 57(0)x 57(0)x 1984 40(0) 4(0) - - - - - - - - 55(0) 55(0) 1985 38(0) 2(0) - - - - - - - - 57(0) 57(0)% 1986 33(1) 4(0) - - - - - - - - 51(2) 51(2) 1987 34(1) 10(0) - - - - - - - - 48(1) 48(1) 1988 36(3) 9(0) - - - - - - - - 58(3) 58(3) 1989 33(0) 5(0) - - - - - - - - 44(0) 44(0) 1990 23(2) 9(0) - - - - - - - - 44(3) 44(3) 1991 16(0) 8(0) - - - - - - - - 30(0) 30(0) 1992 17(0) 7(0) - - - - - - - - 32(0) 32(0) 1993 11(0) 6(0)@ - - - - - - - - 25(0) 25(0) 1994 11(0) 4(0)@ - - - - - - - - 18(0) 18(0) 1995 10(0) 2(0) - - - - - - - - 16(0) 16(0)% 1996 9(2) - - - - - - - - - 12(2) 12(2) 1997 10(0) - - - - - - - - - 13(0) 13(0) 1998 8(0) - - - - - - - - - 11(0) 11(0) 1999 6(0) - 6(0)# - - - - - - - 14(0) 14(0) 2000 9(0) - 4(0) - - - - - - - 13(0) 13(0) 2001 7(0) - - 2(0) - - - - - - 11(0) 11(0) 2002 5(1) - - 2(0) - - - - - - 9(1) 9(1) 2003 4(0) - - 2(0) 2(0) - - - - - 10(0) 10(0) 2004 5(0) - - 2(0) - 1(0)* - - - - 8(0) 9(0) 2005 6(0) - - 2(0) 3(0) - - - - - 12(1) 12(1) 2006 6(0) - - 2(0) - - 2(0) 1(0) - - 12(0) 12(0) 2007 6(0) - - 2(0) 3(0) - - - - - 12(0) 12(0) 2008 5(0) - - 2(0) 1(0) - - - 1(0) - 10(0) 10(0) 2009 7(0) - - 4(0) - - 1(1) 1(0) - - 13(1) 13(1) 2010 6(0) - - 4(0) - - 2(0) - - - 13(0) 13(0) 2011 6(1) - - 4(0) - - 4(0) 5(1) - - 19(2) 19(2) 2012 5(0) - - 4(0) 1(0) - 3(0) 1(0) - - 14(0) 14(0) 2013 4(0) - - 4(0) - 1(0) 1(0) 3(0) 2(0) - 15(0) 15(0) 2014 4(0) - - 4(0) - 3(0) 2(0) 7(1) 2(0) - 22(1) 22(1) 2015 3(0) - - 4(0) - 4(1) - 4(0) 1(0) - 16(1) 16(1) 2016 2(1) - - 4(0) - 2(0) 1(0) 3(0) 1(0) 1(0) 14(1) 14(1) 2017 1(0) - - 4(0) - 2(0) 2(0) 4(1) 1(0) - 14(1) 14(1) 2018 - - - 5(1) - 2(0) 3(0) 4(0) 1(0) - 15(1) 15(1) 2019 - - - 3(0) - 4(0) 2(0) 7(0) - - 16(0) 16(0) 2020 - - - - - 4(0) 3(0) 8(0) - - 15(0) 15(0) 2021 - - - - - 6(0) 1(0) 11(0) 3(0) - 21(0) 21(0) 2022 - - - - - 6(0) 2(0) 7(0) 2(0) - 17(0) 17(0) 2023 - - - - - 7(0) 1(0) 4(0) 3(0) - 15(0) 15(0) 2024 - - - - - 2(0) - 2(0) 1(0) - 5(0) 5(0) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz-U Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz R-7 R-7 -U -U2 Ikar/ -FG -FG/ -2-1a -2-1a/ -2-1b/ -2-1b -2-1a/ Orbital Totals Fregat Fregat Fregat Fregat Volga Totals 11A511U 11A511U2 11A511U 11A511FG 14A14-1A 14A14-1B L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subor - - - - - 1(0) - - - - - 55(11) Orbit 776(21)x 72(0)@ 10(0)# 60(1) 10(0) 43(1) 30(1) 72(3) 18(0) 1(0) - 1925(90)x Total 776(21)x 72(0)@ 10(0)# 60(1) 10(0) 44(1) 30(1) 72(3) 18(0) 1(0) - 1980(101)x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnotes: # First Six Flights with Ikar 4th Stage. Subsequent Flights with Fregat 4th Stage. % On two occasions (1983-86 and 1990-96) R-7 based launchers recorded 133 consecutive mission successes. * Suborbital test flight from Plesetsk. @ Soyuz U2 flights fueled by kerosene on 5-22-93 and 5-22-94, sometimes tallied as Soyuz U. x Includes 7/10/63 pad explosion of 8A92 Vostok-2 when one booster engine shut down at liftoff. x Does not include 12/14/66 pad explosion of 11A511 Soyuz when escape tower fired inadvertently 27 minutes after a launch abort. Two injured on pad. x Does not include 3/18/80 pad explosion of 8A92M Vostok-2M due Plestesk fueling accident prior to launch that killed 48. x Does not include 9/26/83 11A511U Soyuz-U Soyuz T-10-1 escape tower firing due launch pad fire about 90 seconds before planned liftoff. Crew saved but launch vehicle destroyed. x All four 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"