TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket has delivered Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite No. 5 into orbit in the 2,000th launch for the domestic family of R-7 Soviet and Russian launch vehicles ...
It was the two-thousandth for the R-7 family of rockets, which has been in use since May 15, 1957. Soyuz-5 is a next generation Russian medium-class launch vehicle with increased payload capacity.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one ... it descended under a red-and-white parachute at about 7.2 ...