Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
ActiveProgress Rocket Space Center (PRSC)
Oct. 19, 2010
Description
The 2.1a version includes conversion from analog to digital flight control system and uprated engines on the booster and the first stage with improved injection systems. The new digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to launch from a fixed rather than angled launch platform and adjust its heading in flight. A digital control system also enables the launch of larger commercial satellites with wider and longer payload fairings such as the ST-type fairing. These fairings introduce too much aerodynamic instability for the old analog system to handle.
Specifications
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Stages
3 -
Length
46.3 m -
Diameter
2.95 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
312.0 T -
Thrust
4149.0 kN
Family
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Name
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M -
Family
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Variant
Fregat-M -
Alias
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Full Name
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
Payload Capacity
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Launch Cost
$80000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
7020.0 kg -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Progress Rocket Space Center
Commercial
CEO: Dmitry Baranov
PRSC 1996Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.
Upcoming Spaceflights
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | MKA Kinosputnik, KOEN and others
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:
Share-ride of multiple satellites, including dual-use optical Earth observation satellites and drone-guiding satellites: * MKA Kinosputnik * KOEN, KA MT-LAB * NPO Kaisant 6U cubesat with a Germes modem * NPO Kaisant 16U cubesat with Gonets modems
Sun-Synchronous OrbitSoyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.21L
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 3, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
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