ABOUT SOYUZ 11A511M
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.
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
6,600 kg
TO LEO
14,553 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
4,054
KILONEWTONS
911,376
POUNDS-FORCE
~5,437
HORSEPOWER