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Rocket file · LV-153

Soyuz 2.1v

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation · Soyuz · RETIRED

Soyuz 2.1v is an expendable launch vehicle built by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. It stands 44.0 m tall, lifts 2,850 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 29 March 2018. It has flown 4 times with 4 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height44.0 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO2,850 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight29 March 2018
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights4
Successful4
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
Variant2.1v

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Soyuz is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Soyuz 2.1 (Союз 2.1в) Paris Air Show 2011 take2
Soyuz 2.1 (Союз 2.1в) Paris Air Show 2011 take2Pavel Kolotilov · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Soyuz 2.1 (Союз 2.1в) Paris Air Show 2011 take3
Soyuz 2.1 (Союз 2.1в) Paris Air Show 2011 take3Pavel Kolotilov · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Воздушно-космические силы провели успешный пуск новой ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1В» с космодрома Плесецк 03
Воздушно-космические силы провели успешный пуск новой ракеты-носителя «Союз-2.1В» с космодрома Плесецк 03Екатерины Смола, Андрея Моргунова (Yekaterina Smola, Andrei Morgunov) · CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Soyuz 2.1v flown?
4 times, with 4 successes and 0 failures.
What is Soyuz 2.1v's success rate?
100.0%. That's 4 successful flights out of 4 attempts.
How much can Soyuz 2.1v lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Soyuz 2.1v at 2,850 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Soyuz 2.1v reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Soyuz 2.1v as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.