Soyuz family

Soyuz-U-PVB

RetiredRussia Progress Rocket Space CenterSpec: U-PVB

A Russian orbital launch vehicle. A version of the Soyuz-U with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the upper stage avionics compartment.

Flights flown74

Success rate97.3%72/74

Payload to LEO6,900kg

Maiden flight1984-03-21

Peak year19999 flights

Soyuz-U-PVB is built by Progress Rocket Space Center of Russia. It first flew on 21 March 1984 and last flew on 20 November 2009.

Flight record

74 records

97.3% success rate72 of 74 flown · 2 failed

1984peak 1999 · 9 flights2009

First flight1984-03-21

Latest flight2009-11-20

Failures2

Consecutive successes12

Fastest turnaround19h 30m

Payload

Per mission profile

Low Earth orbit	6,900kg

Vehicle

U-PVB spec

Stages	2
Length	51m
Diameter	3m
Launch mass	313t
Maiden flight	1984-03-21
Reusable	No

Pads used

5 pads

16/221 43/3 (43L)20 43/4 (43R)13 1/510 31/610

Orbits delivered

3 orbits

Low Earth Orbit70Elliptical Orbit3Sun-Synchronous Orbit1

Compare

Same payload class

vs Soyuz U vs Tsiklon-3 vs Tsiklon-2 vs Long March 2D vs Vostok 8A92M vs Long March 3B/E

Launch history

74 launches

Date	Mission	Pad	Orbit	Outcome
2009-11-20	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Lotos-S 1	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2009-04-29	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2M 5	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2008-11-14	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2M 4	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2007-09-14	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Foton-M No. 3	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2007-06-07	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2M 3	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2006-09-14	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Orlets-1 8	31/6	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2006-06-15	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-DK	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2006-05-03	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2M 2	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2005-09-02	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-1KFT 21	31/6	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2005-05-31	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Foton-M No. 2	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2004-09-24	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2M 1	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2003-08-12	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Orlets-1 7	31/6	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2002-10-15	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Foton-M No. 1	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Failure
2002-02-25	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 81	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2001-05-29	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 80	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2000-09-29	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-1KFT 20	31/6	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2000-08-09	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Cluster Rumba & Tango	31/6	Elliptical Orbit	Success
2000-07-16	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Cluster Salsa & Samba	31/6	Elliptical Orbit	Success
2000-05-03	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4KS1M 9	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
2000-03-20	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Dumsat	31/6	Elliptical Orbit	Success
2000-02-08	Soyuz-U-PVB \| IRDT 1	31/6	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-11-22	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Globalstar 29,34,39,61	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-10-18	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Globalstar 31,56,57,59	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-09-28	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs F-1M	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-09-22	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Globalstar 33,50,55,58	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-09-09	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Foton 12	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-08-18	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 79	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-04-15	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Globalstar 19,42,44,45	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-03-15	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Globalstar 22,37,41,46	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1999-02-09	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Globalstar 23,36,38,40	1/5	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1998-06-25	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4KS1M 8	31/6	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1998-06-24	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 78	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1998-02-17	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-1KFT 19	31/6	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1997-12-15	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 77	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1996-06-20	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 76	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Failure
1996-03-14	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 75	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1995-06-28	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 74	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1995-03-22	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 73	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1994-07-20	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 72	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1994-06-14	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Foton 9	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1994-06-07	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 102	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1994-03-17	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 71	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1993-08-24	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 19	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1993-07-22	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 101	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1993-07-14	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 70	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1993-06-25	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 18	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1992-12-29	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Bion 10	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1992-11-15	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-500	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1992-07-30	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 100	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1992-06-23	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 15	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1992-04-01	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 63	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1991-10-04	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Foton 7	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1991-08-21	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F2 7	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1991-07-09	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 99	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1991-06-28	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 11	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1991-05-21	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F2 6	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1991-03-06	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 98	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1991-01-17	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 97	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1990-12-26	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 96	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1990-09-07	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 9	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1990-08-16	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 8	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1990-08-03	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Yantar-4K2 54	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1990-07-17	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F2 5	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1989-09-06	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 5	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1989-07-05	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 83	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1989-05-25	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F 1	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1989-05-05	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 80	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1989-04-06	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 79	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1989-03-16	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 78	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1988-12-08	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 74	43/3 (43L)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1988-09-22	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 69	16/2	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1985-06-07	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Resurs-F1 17F41 54L	43/4 (43R)	Sun-Synchronous Orbit	Success
1984-11-29	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-8 9	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success
1984-03-21	Soyuz-U-PVB \| Zenit-6U 93	43/4 (43R)	Low Earth Orbit	Success

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.