List of R-7 launches (2020–2024)

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This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives between 2020 and 2024. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated otherwise.

Contents

Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

5
10
15
20
25
30
'21
'22
'23
'24
  •   Soyuz-2.1a
  •   Soyuz-2.1b
  •   Soyuz-2.1v
  •   Soyuz-STA
  •   Soyuz-STB

Launch sites

5
10
15
20
25
30
2020
'21
'22
'23
'24
  •   Baikonur Site 1/5
  •   Baikonur Site 31/6
  •   Plesetsk Site 43/3
  •   Plesetsk Site 43/4
  •   Vostochny Site 1S
  •   Kourou ELS

Launch outcomes

5
10
15
20
25
30
2020
'21
'22
'23
'24
  •   Failure
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Scheduled

Launch history

2020

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration
Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
ST-276 February 2020,
21:42:41
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur OneWeb x 34OneWebSuccess
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
20 February 2020,
08:24:54
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M
(14A14A)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Meridian 9 Success
Military Communications satellite
16 March 2020,
18:28:10
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2535 (GLONASS-M)Success
Navigation satellite
ST-2821 March 2020,
17:06:58
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur OneWeb x 34OneWebSuccess
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
9 April 2020,
08:05:06
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-16 Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 62/63. First flight of the Soyuz-2 rocket series for a crew mission.
25 April 2020,
01:51:41
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-14 Success
ISS logistics
22 May 2020,
07:31:17
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2546 (EKS-4/Tundra 14L)Success
Early warning satellite
23 July 2020,
14:26:21
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-15 Success
ISS logistics
28 September 2020,
11:20:32
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Gonets-M x 3, 20 microsatellitesSuccess
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
14 October 2020,
05:45:04
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-17 Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 63/64.
25 October 2020,
19:08:42
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2547 (GLONASS-K 15L)Success
Navigation satellite
VS-242 December 2020,
01:33:28
Soyuz-STA / Fregat-M
(14A14A)
ELS, Kourou FalconEye 2 Success
Earth observation satellite
3 December 2020,
01:14:36
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Gonets-M x 3, Kosmos 2458 Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
ST-2918 December 2020,
12:26:26
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny OneWeb × 36 OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
VS-2529 December 2020,
16:42:07
Soyuz-STA / Fregat
(14A14A)
ELS, Kourou CSO-2 CNES
DGA
Success
Reconnaissance satellite

2021

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration
Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
2 February 2021,
20:45:28
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2549 (Lotos-S1 №4)6000 kg LEO VKS Success
ELINT satellite
15 February 2021,
04:45:05
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-16 2460 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
28 February 2021,
06:55:01
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Arktika-M №12100 kg Molniya Roscosmos Success
Weather satellite
22 March 2021
06:07:12
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur CAS500-1,
37 rideshare payloads
SSO Success
38 satellites from 18 different countries, including the first Tunisian satellite.
ST-3025 March 2021
02:47:33
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny OneWeb × 365310 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
9 April 2021
07:42:40
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-18 7080 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 65/66
ST-3125 April 2021
22:14:08
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny OneWeb × 365310 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
ST-3228 May 2021
17:38:39
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny OneWeb × 365310 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
25 June 2021,
19:50:00
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2550 (Pion-NKS №1)6500 kg SSO VKS Success
SIGINT satellite
29 June 2021,
23:27:20
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-17 2900 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
ST-331 July 2021
12:48:33
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny OneWeb × 365310 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
ST-3421 August 2021
22:13:40
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur OneWeb × 345022 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
9 September 2021
19:59:47
Soyuz-2.1v
(14A15)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2551 (EMKA №2) SSO Ministry of Defence Success
Reconnaissance satellite
ST-3514 September 2021
18:07:19
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur OneWeb × 345022 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
5 October 2021
08:55:02
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-19 7080 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts including Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko, ISS Expedition 66/67
ST-3614 October 2021
09:40:10
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny OneWeb × 365310 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
28 October 2021
00:00:32
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-18 7000 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
24 November 2021
13:06:35
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress M-UM,
Prichal
8180 kg (5350 kg Prichal) LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS assembly
25 November 2021
01:09:13
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2552 (EKS-5, Tundra 15L) Tundra Ministry of Defence Success
Early warning satellite
VS-265 December 2021
00:19:20
Soyuz-STB / Fregat-MT
(14A14B)
ELS, Kourou Galileo FOC FM23
Galileo FOC FM24
1645 kg MEO ESA Success
Navigation satellites
8 December 2021
07:38:15
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-20 7080 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts including two tourists.
ST-3727 December 2021
13:10:37
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur OneWeb × 365310 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites

2022

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration
Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
5 February 2022
07:00:00
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
(14A14A)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2553 (Neitron №1) LEO VKS Success
Reconnaissance satellite
VS-2710 February 2022
18:09:37
Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT
(14A14B)
ELS, Kourou OneWeb × 345,495 kg LEO OneWeb Success
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
15 February 2022
04:25:39
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-19 7,000 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
18 March 2022
15:55:18
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-21 7,080 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 67/68
22 March 2022
12:48:22
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
(14A14A)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Meridian-M 10 (20L) Molniya RVSN RF Success
Military communications satellite
7 April 2022
11:20:18
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Kosmos 2554 (Lotos-S1 №5) LEO RVSN RF Success
ELINT satellite
19 May 2022
08:03:32
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M 3L)4,000 kg SSO RVSN RF Success
Reconnaissance satellite
3 June 2022
09:32:16
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-20 7,000 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
7 July 2022
09:18:06
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2557 (GLONASS-K 16L)935 kg MEO VKS Success
Navigation satellite
1 August 2022
20:25:48
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga
(14A15)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2558 (Nivelir №3) SSO Ministry of Defence Success
Surveillance satellite
9 August 2022
05:52:38
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Khayyam,
16 rideshare cubesats
LEO Success
Earth observation satellite
21 September 2022
13:54:49
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-22 7,080 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 68/69
10 October 2022
02:52:32 [1]
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Kosmos 2559 (GLONASS-K 17L)935–974 kg MEO VKS Success
Navigation satellite
21 October 2022
19:20:15
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga
(14A15)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2561 & 2562 SSO VKS Success
Surveillance satellite
22 October 2022
19:57:09
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny Gonets-M 23/24/25
Skif-D
950 kg LEO Gonets Satellite System
Roscosmos
Success
Communication satellites
26 October 2022 00:20:09 Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-21 7000 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
2 November 2022
06:47:48
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2563 (EKS-6, Tundra 16L) Tundra Ministry of Defence Success
Early warning satellite
28 November 2022
15:13:50
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Kosmos 2564 (GLONASS-M 761)1,415 kg MEO VKS Success
Navigation satellite
30 November 2022
21:10:25
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2565 (Lotos-S1 №6), Kosmos 2566 LEO Ministry of Defence Success
ELINT satellite

2023

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration
Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
9 February 2023
06:15:36
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-22 7,280 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
24 February 2023
00:04:29
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-23 7,050 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Unpiloted flight to replace the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft
23 March 2023
06:40:11
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M 4L)4,000 kg SSO VKS Success
Reconnaissance satellite
29 March 2023
19:57:02
Soyuz-2.1v
(14A15)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2568 (EO MKA №4) SSO VKS Success
Technology demonstration
24 May 2023
12:56:07
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-23 7,280 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
26 May 2023
21:14:51
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat
(14A14A)
Site 1S, Vostochny Kondor-FKA №11,050 kg LEO Roscosmos Success
Reconnaissance satellite
27 June 2023
13:34:49
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny Meteor-M №2-3
42 rideshare satellites
2,750 kg SSO Roscosmos Success
Weather satellite
7 August 2023
13:19:25
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Kosmos 2569 (GLONASS-K2 13L)1,642 kg MEO VKS Success
Navigation satellite
10 August 2023
23:10:57
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny Luna 25 (Luna-Glob lander)1,800 kg TLI IKI RAN Success
Lunar lander
23 August 2023
01:08:10
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-24 7,400 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
15 September 2023
15:44:35
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-24 7,152 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 69/70
27 October 2023
06:04:43
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 43/3, Plesetsk Kosmos 2570 (Lotos-S1 №7), undisclosed payload LEO VKS Success
ELINT satellite
25 November 2023
20:58:06
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2571 SSO VKS Success
Undisclosed satellite
1 December 2023
09:25:11
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-25 7,400 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
16 December 2023,
09:17:48
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Arktika-M №22077 kg Molniya Roscosmos Success
Weather satellite
21 December 2023
08:48:39
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M 5L)4,000 kg SSO VKS Success
Reconnaissance satellite
27 December 2023
07:03:44
Soyuz-2.1v
(14A15)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2574 (Razbeg No.1) SSO VKS Success
Reconnaissance satellite

2024

Flight No.Date / time (UTC)Rocket,
Configuration
Launch sitePayloadPayload massOrbitCustomerLaunch
outcome
9 February 2024
07:03:44
Soyuz-2.1v
(14A15)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2575 (Razbeg No.2) SSO VKS Success
Reconnaissance satellite
15 February 2024
03:25:05
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-26 7,400 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
ISS logistics
29 February 2024
05:43:26
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
(14A14B)
Site 1S, Vostochny Meteor-M №2-4
18 rideshare satellites
2,750 kg SSO Roscosmos Success
Weather satellite
23 March 2024
12:36:10
Soyuz-2.1a
(14A14A)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Soyuz MS-25 7,152 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 70/71
31 March 2024
09:36:45
Soyuz-2.1b
(14A14B)
Site 31/6, Baikonur Resurs-P №45,920 kg SSO Roscosmos Success
Earth observation satellite
16 May 2024 21:21:39 Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M
(14A14B)
Site 43/4, Plesetsk Kosmos 2576 SSO VKS Success
Undisclosed satellite + 6 rideshares
30 May 2024

09:42:59

Soyuz-2.1a Site 31/6, Baikonur Progress MS-27 7,000 kg LEO (ISS) Roscosmos Success
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