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Soyuz FG

Progress Rocket Space Center · RETIRED

Soyuz FG is an expendable launch vehicle built by Progress Rocket Space Center. It stands 49.5 m tall, lifts 6,450 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 20 May 2001. It has flown 60 times with 59 successes, a success rate of 98.3%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height49.5 m
Diameter3.0 m
Payload to LEO6,450 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight20 May 2001
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 flights60
Successful59
Failed1
Success rate98.3%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantFG

About Soyuz

The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.

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.

jsc2018e097288
jsc2018e097288NASA / JSC · public domainNASA ↗
Soyuz tma-3 transported to launch pad
Soyuz tma-3 transported to launch padNASA · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Soyuz rocket assembly
Soyuz rocket assemblyBill Ingalls · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Soyuz FG flown?
60 times, with 59 successes and 1 failures.
What is Soyuz FG's success rate?
98.3%. That's 59 successful flights out of 60 attempts.
How much can Soyuz FG lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Soyuz FG at 6,450 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Soyuz FG reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Soyuz FG as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.