R-7 (Semyorka) Based Launch Vehicle Flight History 
                   Page 2 of 3:  Partial Orbital Failure List (for 1997-2009 period)

Date      Vehicle           ID     Site      Payload       Failure Description                               Result#
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10/15/02  Soyuz-U           1672   PL 43/3   Foton M-1     1st stg engine failure T+8s, 1 killed on ground    [FTO]
06/21/05  Molniya M         1698   PL 16/2   Molniya 3K    2nd stg engine failure T+4m58s                     [FTO]
05/21/09  Soyuz 2-1a/Fregat 1744   PL 43/4   Meridan 2     3rd stg burn ended early, low orbit                [EEO]
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Footnotes:

#  (FTO):  Failed to Orbit
   (EEO):  Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
   (GTO):  Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
   (LEO):  Unintended Low Earth Orbit

"PL" = Plesetsk Northern Cosmodrome
"TB" = Tayuratam/Baikonur Cosmodrome

References:

Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html"
Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/"
Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"
TRW Space Log 1957-1996, TRW Space & Electronics Group, Redondo Beach, CA. 

Last Update 01/08/2010 by Ed Kyle