R-7 (Semyorka) Based Launch Vehicle Flight History 
                   Page 4 of 4:  Partial Orbital Failure List (for 1997-2011 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  Meridian 2     3rd stg burn ended early, low orbit                [EEO]
08/24/11  Soyuz U           1775   TB 1/5   Progress M-12M 3rd stg gas gen fuel blocked at T+325 sec.         [FTO]
12/23/11  Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat 1783   PL 43/4  Meridian 2     3rd stg propulsion failure at T+421 sec.           [FTO]
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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 12/28/2011 by Ed Kyle