Soyuz‑2 (Russian: Союз‑2, lit. 'Union‑2') ( GRAU index : 14A14 ) is a modernized expendable medium-lift launch vehicle and the seventh major version of the Soyuz rocket family . It includes key enhancements over its predecessors, including improved engines along with digital flight control and telemetry systems, enabling launches from ...

Jun 23, 2017 · According to the original plan, the Soyuz-2 (military designation - 14A14, industrial designation - 131KS), also known as Soyuz-2K and Soyuz-M) would sport a brand-new RD-0124 (14D23) closed-cycle engine on its third stage and all-digital flight control system with terminal guidance system.

The Soyuz 2-1v is scheduled to replace the Rockot launcher as a small class launcher for the Russian Space Forces.

The first crewed Soyuz mission, Soyuz 1, launched on 23 April 1967 but ended tragically on 24 April 1967 when the parachute failed to deploy on reentry, killing cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. The following flight, Soyuz 2 was uncrewed. Soyuz 3 launched on 26 October 1968

Feb 5, 2025 · Military personnel in Plesetsk opened the 2025 Russian orbital launch campaigns with the liftoff of a Soyuz-2-1v rocket on February 5 carrying multiple payloads for the Ministry of Defense. It is expected to be the 13th and last mission of the light-weight Soyuz variant.

Soyuz-2 is the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage.

In 1971, Soyuz 2 was the next objective toward those goals. The craft launched on June 6, 1971, and was to dock with the unmanned Salyut 1 space station. The Soyuz 2 crew of Georgi T. Dobrovolski, Viktor I. Patsayev, and Vladislav N. Volkov in the Soyuz simulator.

4 days ago · Although this spacecraft was designated Soyuz 2, it was unmanned. It flew in the typical low parking orbit of the Cosmos precursor flights and subsequently, on October 23 or 27, served as a target vehicle for the radio search and attempted docking of the manned Soyuz 3.

Soyuz-2 is a version of the renowned family of Russian launchers that began the space race more than 40 years ago by launching Sputnik, the first satellite to be placed into orbit, and then sending the first man into space – Yuri Gagarin.

Soyuz 2 was an uncrewed spacecraft in the Soyuz family intended to be the target of a docking maneuver by the manned Soyuz 3 spacecraft. It was intended to be the first docking of a manned spacecraft in the Soviet space program.