List of R-7 launches (2015–2019) explained

See main article: List of R-7 launches. This is a list of launches made by the R-7 Semyorka ICBM, and its derivatives between 2015 and 2019. All launches are orbital satellite launches, unless stated otherwise.

Launch statistics

Launch outcomes

Launch history

2015
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
	17 February 2015, 11:00:17	Soyuz-U (11A511U)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Progress M-26M
ISS logistics
	27 February 2015, 11:01:35	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2503 (Bars-M)
Military reconnaissance satellite
	27 March 2015, 19:42:57	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz TMA-16M
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 43/44/45/46
VS-11	27 March 2015, 21:46:18	Soyuz-STB / Fregat (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	Galileo FOC FM3/FM4
Navigation satellites
	28 April 2015, 07:09:50	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress M-27M
ISS logistics. Spacecraft lost communications and attitude control soon after separation after damaged by vibration issues during launch.^[1] International Space Station docking attempt cancelled.^[2] Mission declared a total loss.^[3]
	5 June 2015, 15:23:54	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2505 (Kobal't-M)
Reconnaissance film-return satellite
	23 June 2015, 16:44:00	Soyuz-2.1b (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2506 (Persona)
Reconnaissance satellite
	3 July 2015, 04:55:48	Soyuz-U (11A511U)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Progress M-28M
ISS logistics
	22 July 2015, 21:02:44	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz TMA-17M
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 44/45
	2 September 2015, 04:37:43	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz TMA-18M
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts
VS-12	11 September 2015, 02:08:10	Soyuz-STB / Fregat (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	Galileo FOC FM5/FM6
Navigation satellites
	1 October 2015, 16:49:40	Soyuz-U (11A511U)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Progress M-29M
ISS logistics
	17 November 2015, 06:33:41	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2510 (EKS (Tundra))
Reconnaissance satellite
	5 December 2015, 14:08:33	Soyuz-2-1v / Volga (14A15)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2511 (Kanopus-ST) Kosmos 2512 (KYuA)
Reconnaissance satellites; Kanopus-ST did not separate from the Volga upper stage
	15 December 2015, 11:03:09	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz TMA-19M
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 46/47
VS-13	17 December 2015, 11:51:56	Soyuz-STB / Fregat (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	Galileo FOC FM8/FM9
Navigation satellites
	21 December 2015, 08:44:39	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-01
ISS logistics
2016
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
	7 February 2016, 00:21:07	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2514 (GLONASS-M)
Navigation satellite
	13 March 2016, 18:56:00	Soyuz-2.1b (14A14B)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Resurs-P No.3
Earth observation satellite
	18 March 2016, 21:26:38	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz TMA-20M
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 47/48
	24 March 2016, 09:42:00	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2515 (Bars-M)
Military reconnaissance satellite
	31 March 2016, 16:23:57	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-02
ISS logistics
VS-14	25 April 2016, 21:01:13	Soyuz-STA / Fregat (14A14A)	ELS, Kourou	Sentinel-1B MICROSCOPE AAUSAT-4 e-st@r 2 OUFTI-1
Earth observation, cosmology and technology demonstration satellites
	28 April 2016, 02:01:21	Soyuz-2.1a / Volga (14A14A)	LC-1S, Vostochny	Mikhailo Lomonosov Aist-2D SamSat 218
Cosmology, Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites. First ever launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
VS-15	24 May 2016, 08:48:43	Soyuz-STB / Fregat-MT (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	Galileo FOC FM10/FM11
Navigation satellites
	29 May 2016, 08:44:35	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2516 (GLONASS-M)
Navigation satellite
	7 July 2016, 01:36:40	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-01
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 48/49
	16 July 2016, 21:41:45	Soyuz-U (11A511U)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-03
ISS logistics
	19 October 2016, 08:05:14	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-02
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 49/50
	17 November 2016, 20:20:13	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-03
Crewed flight with three cosmonauts, ISS Expedition 50/51
	1 December 2016, 14:51:52	Soyuz-U (11A511U)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Progress MS-04
ISS logistics. Blok I turbopump disintegrated T+382 seconds, rupturing the LOX tank. The Blok I and payload broke up over Tuva.^[4]
2017
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
VS-16	28 January 2017, 01:03:34	Soyuz-STB / Fregat-MT (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	Hispasat 36W-1
Communication satellite
	22 February 2017, 05:58:33	Soyuz-U (11A511U)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Progress MS-05
ISS logistics. Final flight of Soyuz-U
	20 April 2017, 07:13:43	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-04
Crewed flight with two cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 51/52.
VS-17	18 May 2017, 11:54:53	Soyuz-STA / Fregat-MT (14A14A)	ELS, Kourou	SES-15
Communication satellite
	25 May 2017, 06:34	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2518 (EKS (Tundra))
Reconnaissance satellite
	14 June 2017, 09:20:13	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-06
ISS logistics
	23 June 2017, 18:04:33	Soyuz-2-1v / Volga (14A15)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2519 Kosmos 2521 Kosmos 2523
Reconnaissance satellites
	14 July 2017, 06:36:49	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Kanopus-V-IK 72 other satellites
Earth observation satellite. Some of the secondary satellites were deployed to the wrong orbits,^[5] and some secondary satellite operators collected insurance for DOA satellites.^[6] Glavkosmos initially disagreed that there was a launch failure, but eventually confirmed a problem with the Fregat upper stage.^[7]
	28 July 2017, 15:41:12	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-05
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 52/53.
	12 September 2017, 21:17:02	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-06
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 53/54.
	22 September 2017, 00:02:32	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2522 (GLONASS-M)
Navigation satellite
	14 October 2017, 08:46:53	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-07
ISS logistics
	28 November 2017, 05:41:46	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-1S, Vostochny	Meteor-M No.2-1 18 microsatellites
Weather satellite, commercial microsatellite launches. Fregat programming error caused upper stage in wrong attitude configuration during first engine burn and led to accidental de-orbit
	2 December 2017, 10:43:26	Soyuz-2.1b (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos-2524 (Lotos-S No.803)
Military reconnaissance satellite
	17 December 2017, 07:21:01	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-07
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 54/55.
2018
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
	1 February 2018, 02:07:18	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M (14A14A)	LC-1S, Vostochny	Kanopus-V-3 Kanopus-V-4 9 cubesats
Earth observation satellites
	13 February 2018, 08:13:33	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-08
ISS logistics
VS-18	9 March 2018, 17:10:06	Soyuz-STB / Fregat-MT (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	O3b (x4)
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
	21 March 2018, 17:44:23	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-08
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 55/56.
	29 March 2018, 17:38:42	Soyuz-2-1v (14A15)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2525 (EMKA)
Reconnaissance satellite
	6 June 2018, 11:12:39	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-09
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 56/57.
	16 June 2018, 21:46:28	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2527 (GLONASS-M)
Navigation satellite
	9 July 2018, 21:51:34	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-09
ISS logistics
	11 October 2018, 08:40:15	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-10
Piloted flight with two cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 57/58. Blok D strap-on collided with the core at staging due to an improper shutdown sequence caused by prelaunch damage. Crew escaped and were recovered successfully.
	25 October 2018, 00:15:18	Soyuz-2.1b (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos-2528 (Lotos-S No.804)
Military reconnaissance satellite
	3 November 2018, 20:17:53	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2529 (GLONASS-M)
Navigation satellite
VS-19	7 November 2018, 00:47:27	Soyuz-STB / Fregat-M (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	MetOp-C^[8]
Weather satellite
	16 November 2018, 18:14:08	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Progress MS-10
ISS logistics
	3 December 2018, 11:31:52	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-11
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 58/59.
VS-20	19 December 2018, 16:37:14	Soyuz-STA / Fregat-M (14A14A)	ELS, Kourou	CSO-1
Reconnaissance satellite
	27 December 2018, 02:07:18	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M (14A14A)	LC-1S, Vostochny	Kanopus-V-5 Kanopus-V-6 26 cubesats
Earth observation satellites
2019
Flight No.	Date / time (UTC)	Rocket, Configuration	Launch site	Payload	Payload mass	Orbit	Customer	Launch outcome
	21 February 2019, 16:47	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	EgyptSat-A
Earth observation satellite Rocket's third stage shut down several seconds early due to improper fuel/oxidizer loading, but performance shortfall fully compensated by Fregat upper stage.
VS-21	27 February 2019, 21:37:00	Soyuz-STB / Fregat-M (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	OneWeb 0006/0007/0008/0010/0011/0012
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
	14 March 2019, 19:14:08	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-12
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 59/60.
	4 April 2019, 11:01:34	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-11
ISS logistics
VS-22	4 April 2019, 17:03:37	Soyuz-STB / Fregat-MT (14A14B)	ELS, Kourou	O3b (x4)
Low Earth orbit communication satellites
	27 May 2019, 06:23:00	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2534 (GLONASS-M)
Navigation satellite
	5 July 2019, 05:41:46	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-1S, Vostochny	Meteor-M No.2-1, 32 microsatellites
Weather satellite, commercial microsatellite launches.
	10 July 2019, 17:14	Soyuz-2-1v / Volga (14A15)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2535/Kosmos 2536/Kosmos 2537/Kosmos 2538
Reconnaissance satellites
	20 July 2019, 16:28:20	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-13
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 60/61.
	30 July 2019, 05:56	Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M (14A14A)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Meridian 8
Military Communications satellite
	31 July 2019, 12:10:46	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-12 / 73P
ISS logistics
	22 August 2019, 03:38:32	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-14
Qualification flight to ISS without crew of launching the Soyuz MS spacecraft using the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle.
	25 September 2019, 13:57:43	Soyuz-FG (11A511U-FG)	LC-1/5, Baikonur	Soyuz MS-15
Piloted flight with three cosmonauts. ISS Expedition 61/62. Last flight of the Soyuz-FG variant.
	26 September 2019, 07:46	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2541 (EKS (Tundra))
Reconnaissance satellite
	25 November 2019, 17:52:03	Soyuz-2-1v / Volga (14A15)	LC-43/4, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2542 / Kosmos 2543
Reconnaissance satellites
	6 December 2019, 09:34:11	Soyuz-2.1a (14A14A)	LC-31/6, Baikonur	Progress MS-13 / 74P
ISS logistics
	11 December 2019, 08:54:48	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M (14A14B)	LC-43/3, Plesetsk	Kosmos 2544 (GLONASS-M)
Navigation satellite
VS-23	18 December 2019, 08:54:20	Soyuz-STA / Fregat-M (14A14A)	ELS, Kourou	CSG-1/CHEOPS
Radar Earth observation and exoplanet observation satellites

References

• Web site: Launch List - R-7 Family. Jonathan. McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 2015-02-20.
• Web site: Soyuz . Mark . Wade . Encyclopedia Astronautica . 2015-02-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100107163113/http://astronautix.com/lvs/soyuz.htm . 2010-01-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: РОСКОСМОС: "ПРОГРЕСС М-27М" - ОПРЕДЕЛЕНА ПРИЧИНА АВАРИИ (ROSCOSMOS: "Progress M-27M" - cause of accident determined). Roscosmos. 1 June 2015. ru. 1 June 2015. 11 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611064320/http://www.federalspace.ru/21513/. dead.
2. Web site: Russian Progress M-27M suffering in space – wild rotational spin observed. NASASpaceflight.com. April 28, 2015. Chris Bergin.
3. Web site: Russian spacecraft Progress M-27M 'out of control'. BBC News. British Broadcasting Company. 30 April 2015. 29 April 2015.
4. Web site: ROSCOMOS. Progress MS-04 Situation. December 1, 2016. February 1, 2023. ROSCOSMOS.
5. Web site: Glavkosmos denies launch vehicle caused cubesat failures . 31 August 2017 .
6. Web site: Insurance firm paid Astro Digital's claim for lost cubesats, sources said . 10 March 2018 .
7. Web site: Mysteries surrounding July 14 Soyuz flight solved? Not quite . 13 March 2018 .
8. Web site: METOP A, B, C . Gunter's Space Page . Gunter . Krebs . 8 April 2017.