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Soyuz 11A511L

OKB-1 RETIRED
At a glance
Launches
3
Success rate
100%
3 ok · 0 failed
Payload to LEO
5,500 kg
Payload to GTO
—
Manufacturer
Energia
Status
Retired
First flight
12 Aug 1971
Reusable
No
Height
50 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Launch mass
300 t
Liftoff thrust
4,054 kN
Stages
2
Launch cost
—
Booster landings
—
About

The Soyuz was a Soviet expendable carrier rocket designed in the 1960s by OKB-1 and manufactured by State Aviation Plant No. 1 in Kuybyshev, Soviet Union. It was commissioned to launch Soyuz spacecraft as part of the Soviet human spaceflight program, first with 8 uncrewed test flights, followed by the first 19 crewed launches.