Soyuz-U is the most popular launch vehicle version of the Soyuz family. It was developed by the design bureau under the leadership of D. Kozlov and series-produced by the Progress plant. The maiden launch took place on May 18, 1973.
The Launch of a Soyuz-ST Launch Vehicle Has Been Performed
On March 9, 2018 at 20h10min Moscow time, a Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle with a Fregat-MT upper stage and four O3b F4 telecommunication satellites aboard was launched from the Guiana Space Centre.
On September 22, 2017 operational crew of the Russian Aerospace Forces executed the successful launch of Soyuz-2-1b launch vehicle with Fregat Upper Stage and Glonass-M navigation satellite from the 1st State Military Cosmodrome Plesetsk at 03:03 Moscow time.
Soyuz-FG Launch Vehicle was launched successfully
On September 13, 2017 at 00:17 (Moscow time) Soyuz-FG Launch Vehicle with Soyuz MC-06 manned spacecraft was launched successfully from the 1st launch pad (Gagarin launch pad) of Baikonur spaceport.
