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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, with a mass simulator on board. The launch was suborbital with the simulator splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-5
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- 45/1
- Provider
- RKK Energiya
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-5
Soyuz-5, also named Irtysh is a planned Russian rocket that is being developed by JSC SRC Progress, formerly within "Project Feniks." It will replace the capability of Zenit-2 and Proton Medium. It will initially be a two-stage rocket, but Soyuz 5 can be enhanced with an optional Blok DM-03 upper stage for geostationary missions. The rocket is loosely based on the Zenit launch vehicle with a RD-171MV engine on the 1st stage, enlarged to 4.1 m in diameter, while the 2nd stage is powered by 2 RD-0124MS engines derived from engines used on the 3rd stage of the Soyuz-2.1b. The Soyuz-5 can lift 17 tonnes to a Low Earth orbit.
- Height
- 65.258 m
- Diameter
- 4.1 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2026-04-30
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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DestinationSuborbital
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