Soyuz-FG
Sign in to saveThe Soyuz-FG was an improved variant of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the R-7 rocket family, developed by the Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara, Russia. It featured upgraded first and second stage engines, RD-107A and RD-108A, respectively, with enhanced injector heads that improved combustion efficiency and specific impulse. The designation "FG" refers to forsunochnaya golovka (injector head) in Russian.
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- Soyuz-FG
- Rocket.image
- Soyuz TMA-3 launch.jpg
- Rocket.caption
- The launch of Soyuz TMA-3 atop a Soyuz-FG rocket.
- Rocket.function
- Medium-lift launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- RKTs Progress
- Rocket.country origin
- Russia
- Rocket.cpl
- (2012)
- Rocket.family
- R-7 (Soyuz)
- Rocket.derived_from
- Soyuz-U
- Rocket.derivatives
- Soyuz-2
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Baikonur, LC-1/5 and LC-31/6
- Rocket.success
- 69
- Rocket.fail
- 1 (Soyuz MS-10)
- Rocket.first
- 20 May 2001 (Progress M1-6)
- Rocket.last
- 25 September 2019 (Soyuz MS-15)
- Rocket/payload.location
- LEO
- Rocket/payload.inclination
- 51.8°
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- Design
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- Notes
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The Soyuz-FG was an improved variant of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the R-7 rocket family, developed by the Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara, Russia. It featured upgraded first and second stage engines, RD-107A and RD-108A, respectively, with enhanced injector heads that improved combustion efficiency and specific impulse. The designation "FG" refers to forsunochnaya golovka (injector head) in Russian.
Soyuz-FG made its maiden flight on 20 May 2001, delivering a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). It became the primary vehicle for launching crewed Soyuz TMA, Soyuz TMA-M, and Soyuz MS spacecraft from 2002 until its retirement in 2019.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Soyuz-FG” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.