SOYUZ-5 Launch Vehicle

A promising two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle, Soyuz-5, is under development with the purpose of launching automatic spacecraft into sun-synchronous, high elliptical, geotransfer, and geostationary orbits including cases when the upper stage is used, and the launches of manned spacecraft.

 
 

SOYUZ-5 Launch Vehicle

Performance

Number of stages

2

Total length (manned / unmanned)

65.908 / 63.706 m

Nose fairing diameter

4.11; 4.35; 5.2 m

Fuel

Oxidizer

Liquid oxygen

Propellant

Naphthyl

Payload mass to inject into LEO:

- i=51.7°, Нπ × Нα = minus 1,690 × 250 km

- i=51.7°, Нπ × Нα = minus 140 × 200 km

 

 

17.0 t

 

14.4 t

Launch site

Baikonur, Sea Launch

         

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