Space Launch Vehicles of the Soviet Union
23 entries in the Space Launch Vehicles of the Soviet Union compendium.
Energia (rocket)Soviet super-heavy lift vehicle for Buran and heavy payloads.Kosmos (rocket family)Soviet rocket family derived from R-12 and R-14 missiles.Kosmos-3MSoviet two-stage liquid-fueled orbital launch vehicle.Luna (rocket)Soviet carrier rocket for early lunar probe missions.Molniya (rocket)Soviet four-stage R-7 variant for planetary and Molniya satellite launches.Molniya-MSoviet and Russian R-7-derived launch vehicle for planetary and satellite missions.N1-L3Soviet super-heavy rocket for crewed lunar landing.N1-L3 rocketSoviet super heavy-lift rocket for crewed lunar landing.Proton (rocket family)Soviet/Russian hypergolic heavy-lift launch vehicle family.Proton-KSoviet heavy-lift rocket used for space stations and interplanetary probes.R-7 (rocket family)World's first ICBM, later a prolific space launch family.R-7 SemyorkaWorld's first ICBM, basis for the R-7 rocket family.RokotSoviet/Russian launch vehicle derived from the UR-100N ICBM.Soyuz KontaktDocking system for Soviet lunar orbit rendezvous.Sputnik (rocket)World's first satellite launcher, derived from the R-7 ICBM.TsyklonSoviet expendable launch system derived from the R-36 ICBM.Tsyklon-2Soviet/Ukrainian orbital carrier rocket; 106 launches, one failure.Universal RocketSoviet rocket family with shared technology across variants.Voskhod (rocket)Soviet medium-lift R-7 derivative for crewed and reconnaissance missions.Vostok-2 (rocket)Soviet expendable carrier rocket for Zenit-2 reconnaissance satellites.Vostok-2MSoviet R-7 family rocket for Sun-synchronous orbits, last Vostok variant.Vostok-KSoviet carrier rocket that launched the first human into space.Zenit-2Ukrainian-Soviet expendable carrier rocket, first flown 1985.
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