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Demo Flight

Overview

Destination: Suborbital
Mission: Test Flight

Suborbital 45/1 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, with a mass simulator on board. The launch was suborbital with the simulator splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.

Updates

LL2 • April 30, 2026, 8:01 p.m.

Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started


Cosmic_Penguin • April 30, 2026, 7:05 p.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 30, 2026, 4:34 p.m.

Launch window extended, awaiting updates.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 29, 2026, 1:04 p.m.

Scrubbed for the day.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 29, 2026, 12:22 p.m.

Probable countdown recycle to end of launch window today.


Soyuz-5

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Soyuz-5, also named Irtysh is a planned Russian rocket that is being developed by JSC SRC Progress, formerly within "Project Feniks." It will replace the capability of Zenit-2 and Proton Medium. It will initially be a two-stage rocket, but Soyuz 5 can be enhanced with an optional Blok DM-03 upper stage for geostationary missions. The rocket is loosely based on the Zenit launch vehicle with a RD-171MV engine on the 1st stage, enlarged to 4.1 m in diameter, while the 2nd stage is powered by 2 RD-0124MS engines derived from engines used on the 3rd stage of the Soyuz-2.1b. The Soyuz-5 can lift 17 tonnes to a Low Earth orbit.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    65.258 m
  • Diameter
    4.1 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    525.0 T
  • Thrust
    7257.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Soyuz-5
  • Family
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  • Variant
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  • Alias
    Irtysh
  • Full Name
    Soyuz-5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    17000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5000.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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RKK Energiya

RKK Energiya

(RSC)

Successes: 1 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

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