R-7 (Semyorka) Based Launch Vehicle Flight History by Variant/Year (1957-2009) Page 2 of 3: Soyuz Variants L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz-U Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz R-7 R-7 -U -U2 Ikar/ -FG -FG/ -2-1a -2-1a/ -2-1b/ -2-1b Orbital Totals Fregat Fregat Fregat Fregat Totals Year L(F) 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 - - - - - - - - - - 2(1) 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) 19(5) 1964 - - - - - - - - - - 26(5) 28(5) 1965 1(0) - - - - - - - - - 35(4) 37(4) 1966 3(1) - - - - - - - - - 38(5) 40(5) 1967 4(0) - - - - - - - - - 39(4) 40(4) 1968 5(0) - - - - - - - - - 42(1) 42(1) 1969 5(0) - - - - - - - - - 44(1) 44(1) 1970 2(0) - - - - - - - - - 44(2) 44(2) 1971 5(0) - - - - - - - - - 44(4) 44(4) 1972 3(0) - - - - - - - - - 48(2) 48(2) 1973 6(0) 3(0) - - - - - - - - 54(1) 54(1) 1974 5(0) 10(1) - - - - - - - - 52(3) 52(3) 1975 3(1) 9(0) - - - - - - - - 59(1) 59(1) 1976 2(0) 25(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) - - - - - - - - 64(3) 64(3) 1981 - 42(1) - - - - - - - - 62(1) 62(1) 1982 - 44(2) 1(0) - - - - - - - 61(3) 61(3) 1983 - 43(1) - - - - - - - - 58(1) 58(1) 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 - 32(0) 6(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 - 12(0) 3(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) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz-U Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz Soyuz R-7 R-7 -U -U2 Ikar/ -FG -FG/ -2-1a -2-1a/ -2-1b/ -2-1b Orbital Totals Fregat Fregat Fregat Fregat Totals L(F) 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(12) Orbit 44(2) 747(20) 71(0) 10(0)# 20(0) 9(0) - 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) - 1697(86) Total 44(2) 747(20) 71(0) 10(0)# 20(0) 9(0) 1(0) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) - 1752(98) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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" Last Update 01/08/2010 by Ed Kyle