A modernized member of the R-7-derived Soyuz launch vehicle family, with digital flight control and upgraded engines replacing the analog systems of earlier Soyuz variants. It remains Russia's primary workhorse launch vehicle, carrying Soyuz and Progress spacecraft to the International Space Station and satellites for Roscosmos and commercial customers.
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Vehicle ClassMedium-lift expendable launch vehicle 2 ManufacturerTsSKB-Progress (Progress Rocket Space Centre) 2 First Flight Date StatusOperational, flying regularly for Roscosmos. 2 Status
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Soyuz‑2 (Russian: Союз‑2, lit. 'Union‑2', GRAU index: 14A14) is a series of Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicles and the seventh major iteration of the Soyuz rocket family.
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Soyuz‑2 (Russian: Союз‑2, lit. 'Union‑2', GRAU index: 14A14) is a series of Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicles and the seventh major iteration of the Soyuz rocket family.
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