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  2. Soyuz (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    Soyuz (Russian: Союз, lit. 'union', GRAU index: 11A511) is a family of Soviet and later Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicles initially developed by the OKB-1 design bureau and manufactured by the Progress Rocket Space Centre factory in Samara, Russia.

  3. Soyuz programme - Wikipedia

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    The Spaceport's new Soyuz launch site has been handling Soyuz launches since 21 October 2011, the date of the first launch. [7] As of December 2019, 19 Guiana Soyuz launches had been made from French Guiana Space Centre , all successful.

  4. Proton (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    An enhanced variant, the Phase III Proton-M/Briz-M launch vehicle, was flight proven on the Russian Federal dual mission of Express AM-44 and Express MD-1 in February 2009 and performed its first commercial launch in March 2010 with the Echostar XIV satellite.

  5. List of Russian human spaceflight missions - Wikipedia

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    launch V. Polyakov landing: Visited Mir (20). Returned cosmonaut from Soyuz TM-18. 74: Soyuz TM-21: 14 March 1995: 181 d 0 h 41 m 6 s: 11 September 1995: V. Dezhurov launch A. Solovyev landing: G. Strekalov launch N. Budarin landing: N. Thagard launch: Visited Mir (21). First launch of American astronaut. Crew was returned by STS-71; returned ...

  6. R-7 (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    The R-7 (Russian: Р-7) rocket family is a series of launch vehicles descended from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, developed in the 1950s as the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). While the R-7 proved impractical as a weapon, it became a cornerstone of the Soviet and subsequent Russian space programs.

  7. US assesses Russia launched space weapon near American ...

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    Russia's Soyuz rocket blasted off from its Plesetsk launch site some 500 miles (805 km) north of Moscow on May 16, deploying in low-Earth orbit at least nine satellites including COSMOS 2576, a ...

  8. Soyuz 2.1v - Wikipedia

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    'Union‑2.1c', [a] GRAU index: 14A15) [3] known early in development as the Soyuz‑1, is a expendable Russian small-lift launch vehicle. It is derivative of the Soyuz‑2 but utilizing a single core stage (no boosters) built around the powerful NK-33 engine, 50-year-old refurbished remnants from the Soviet N1 moon rocket.

  9. Exclusive-U.S. researchers find probable launch site of ... - AOL

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    Two U.S. researchers say they have identified the probable deployment site in Russia of the 9M370 Burevestnik, a new nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile touted by President Vladimir ...

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