TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket has delivered Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite No. 5 into orbit in the 2,000th launch for the domestic family of R-7 Soviet and Russian launch vehicles ...

Soyuz is a descendent of Sergei Korolev’s R-7 missile – the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile – which first flew in May 1957 and was used to deploy the first satellite ...

The Soyuz-2-1b is the latest evolution of the Soyuz line of rockets, which trace their history back to Sergei Korolev’s R-7 missile, which became the world’s first intercontinental ballistic ...

and Soyuz-2.1c modifications are in use. Russian space corporation Progress CEO Dmitry Baranov expressed confidence in an October interview with TASS that the 2,000th launch of the R-7 would be ...