RUSSIAN SUBORBITAL LAUNCH RECORD (From 1957) Date Launch Vehicle Payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 Jul 51 ? Two Dogs, 100 km -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *15 May 57 R-7 M1-5 RV (exploded at 104 s) *12 Jul 57 R-7 M1-7 RV (destroyed at 33 s) 21 Aug 57 R-7 M1-8 RV (warhead desintegrated on reentry) 7 Sep 57 R-7 M1-9 RV (warhead desintegrated on reentry) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *30 Jan 58 R-7 M1-11 RV (booster separation damaged core) +29 Mar 58 R-7 M1-10 RV (SOB operated unstably) + 4 Apr 58 R-7 M1-12 RV (radio tracking antenna failed) *24 May 58 R-7 B1-13 RV (core lost pressurisation) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Feb 90 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-70/102E, so separation planned) 29 Mar 90 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-70/102E, so separation planned) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Nov 91 UR-100NUTTH Avangard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 Jul 92 UR-100NUTTH Avangard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Feb 00 RS-12M2 Topol'-M Test 10 27 Mar 00 Shtil' - 27 Mar 00 Shtil' - 27 Mar 00 Shtil' - 6 Apr 00 Shtil' - 12 Sep 00 Shtil' - 26 Sep 00 RS-12M2 Topol'-M - 27 Sep 00 RS-12M2 Topol'-M - 11 Oct 00 Topol' - 1 Nov 00 UR-100NUTTH RV 27 Dec 00 Shtil' - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Feb 01 Shtil? (R-29RM) - 16 Feb 01 Topol' (No.59?) RV 27 Jun 01 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-70/102E) *20 Jul 01 Shtil 1N (Volna) Cosmos 1 Test (Solnechny Parus), IRDT 18 Sep 01 R-29RM Shtil? RV 3 Oct 01 Topol' (No.60?) RV 26 Oct 01 UR-100NUTTH RV 18 Oct 01 R-29RM Shtil? RV 1 Nov 01 Topol' (No.61?) RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Jun 02 RS-12M2 Topol'-M RV 12 Jul 02 Volna K-44 IRDT-2 12 Oct 02 Topol M RV 12 Oct 02 R-29RM? RV 12 Oct 02 R-29RM? RV 10 Dec 02 UR-100NUTTH RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Mar 03 Topol RV 15 Oct 03 R-29RM? RV 11 Dec 03 RSM-52M RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *18 Feb 04 UR-100NUTTH Avanguard (Yu-70/102E) *18 Feb 04 RSM-54 Sineva RV 18 Feb 04 Topol RV 17 Mar 04 RSM-54 Sineva RV 20 Apr 04 Topol M RV 29 Jun 04 RSM-54 Sineva RV 11 Aug 04 UR-100NUTTH RV 2 Nov 04 RSM-50 Volna RV 2 Nov 04 RS-12M Topol RV 22 Dec 04 R-36M2 Voyevoda RV 24 Dec 04 RS-12M Topol RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Sep 05 R-30 Bulava F1 RV (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 30 Sep 05 RSM-50 Volna RV 6 Oct 05 Volna 1 IRDT-2R 7 Oct 05 RSM-50 Volna RV 20 Oct 05 UR-100NUTTH RV 1 Nov 05 Topol M RV 29 Nov 05 Topol RV 21 Dec 05 R-30 Bulava F2 RV (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Jan 06 A-135 (53T6) RV 22 Apr 06 Kosmos-3M K65M-R (Re-entry vehicle test mission) 30 Jun 06 R-29RMU Sineva RV 3 Aug 06 Topol RV * 7 Sep 06 R-30 Bulava F3 RV (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 9 Sep 06 R-29RMU Sineva RV *25 Oct 06 R-30 Bulava F4 RV (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 9 Nov 06 UR-100NUTTH RV 5 Dec 06 A-135 (53T6) RV 21 Dec 06 R-36M2 RV *24 Dec 06 R-30 Bulava F5 RV (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 May 07 RS-24 Topol'-M 3? Reentry vehicles 28 Jun 07 R-30 Bulava F6 Reentry vehicle (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 7 Aug 07 R-29R Volna Reentry vehicle 11 Oct 07 A-135 (53T6) ABM test 18 Oct 07 RS-12M Topol RV 29 Oct 07 UR-100NUTTH RV 30 Oct 07 A-135 (53T6) ABM test *10 Nov 07 R-30 Bulava F7 RV (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Aug 08 R-29RMU Sineva RV (K-44 Ryazan) 28 Aug 08 Topol RV +18 Sep 08 R-30 Bulava F8 RVs (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 11 Oct 08 R-29RMU Sineva RV (K-114 Tula) 12 Oct 08 RS-12M Topol RV 12 Oct 08 R-29RM Shtil' RV (K-84 Ekaterinburg) 12 Oct 08 R-29R Volna Four RVs (K-506 Zelenograd) 22 Oct 08 RS-18 Stilletto RV 26 Nov 08 RS-24 Topol'-M 3? Reentry vehicles 28 Nov 08 R-30 Bulava F9 3? Reentry vehicles (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) *23 Dec 08 R-30 Bulava F10 3? Reentry vehicles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Apr 09 RS-12M Topol RV 13 Jul 09 R-29RMU Sineva 10? RVs (K-84 Ekaterinburg) 14 Jul 09 R-29RMU Sineva 10? RVs (K-117 Bryansk) *16 Jul 09 R-30 Bulava F11 RV 6 Oct 09 R-29R Volna 4? RVs 7 Oct 09 R-29R Volna 4? RVs 29 Oct 09 A-135 (53T6) ABM test 1 Nov 09 R-29RMU Sineva 4? RVs (K-117 Bryansk) * 9 Dec 09 R-30 Bulava F12 RV (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 10 Dec 09 RS-12M Topol RV 24 Dec 09 R-36M2 Voevoda 10? RVs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Mar 10 R-29RMU Sineva 4 RVs (K-114 Tula) 6 Aug 10 R-29RMU Sineva 4 RVs? (K-114 Tula) 6 Aug 10 R-29RMU Sineva 4 RVs? (K-114 Tula) 7 Oct 10 R-30 Bulava F13 3 RVs? (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 28 Oct 10 RS-12M Topol RV 28 Oct 10 RSM-50 Volna 4 RVs? (K-117 Bryansk) 28 Oct 10 R-29RMU Sineva 4 RVs? (K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets) 29 Oct 10 R-30 Bulava F14 3 RVs? (TK-208 Dmitry Donskoi) 5 Dec 10 RS-12M Topol RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Apr 11 RSM-54 Sineva 4 RVs? (K-84 Ekaterinburg) 20 May 11 RSM-54 Sineva 4 Rvs (K-84 Ekaterinburg) 28 Jun 11 R-30 Bulava F15 6 RVs? (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 27 Jul 11 RSM-54 Sineva 4 RVs? (K-84 Ekaterinburg) 27 Aug 11 R-30 Bulava F16 6 RVs? (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 3 Sep 11 RS-12M Topol RV *27 Sep 11 RS-26 Rubezh RV 29 Sep 11 R-29MU2.1 Layner 10 RVs? (K-114 Tula) 28 Oct 11 R-30 Bulava F17 6 RVs? (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 3 Nov 11 RS-12M Topol RV 19 Dec 11 MR-30 F1 Weather Rocket 20 Dec 11 A-135 (53T6) ABM test 23 Dec 11 R-30 Bulava F18 6 RVs? (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 23 Dec 11 R-30 Bulava F19 6 RVs? (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 27 Dec 11 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-71) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 May 12 RS-26 Rubezh RV 7 Jun 12 RS-12M Topol RV 16 Oct 12 53T6 Interceptor 19 Oct 12 RSM-50 Volna RV (K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets) 19 Oct 12 RS-12M Topol RV 24 Oct 12 RS-26 Rubezh Advanced RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Jun 13 RS-26 Rubezh RV * 6 Sep 13 R-30 Bulava F20 6 RVs? (K-550 Aleksandr Nevskiy) *27 Sep 13 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-71) 10 Oct 13 RS-12M Topol Experimental RV 30 Oct 13 Tochka-U RV 30 Oct 13 Tochka-U RV 30 Oct 13 Tochka-U RV 30 Oct 13 Iskander-M RV 30 Oct 13 R-36M2 Voyevoda 10? RVs 30 Oct 13 RS-12M Topol RV 30 Oct 13 S-400 Interceptor 30 Oct 13 S-400 Interceptor 30 Oct 13 S-400 Interceptor 30 Oct 13 S-400 Interceptor 30 Oct 13 S-400 Interceptor 30 Oct 13 S-400 Interceptor 30 Oct 13 53T6 Gazelle Interceptor 30 Oct 13 R-29RM Sineva RV (K-117 Bryansk) 30 Oct 13 R-29R Volna RV (K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets) 24 Dec 13 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs 27 Dec 13 RS-12M Topol RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Mar 14 RS-12M Topol RV *26 Mar 14 MN-300 MR-30 14 Apr 14 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs? 8 May 14 RS-12M Topol RV 8 May 14 R-29RM Sineva RV (K-114 Tula) 8 May 14 R-29R Volna RV (K-223 Podolsk) 8 May 14 ? Target 8 May 14 53T6 Gazelle Interceptor 20 May 14 Topol-E RV 9 Jul 14 Angara-1.2PP F1 Dummy Satellite *12 Aug 14 PL-19 Nudol' F1 ASAT Test 10 Sep 14 R-30 Bulava F21 RVs (K-551 Vladimir Monomakh) * Sep 14 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-71) 29 Oct 14 R-30 Bulava F22 RVs (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 1 Nov 14 RS-12M2 Topol-'M RV 5 Nov 14 RSM-54 Sineva RVs (K-114 Tula) 28 Nov 14 R-30 Bulava F23 RVs (K-550 Alexander Nevsky) 26 Dec 14 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *26 Feb 15 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-71) 18 Mar 15 RS-26 Rubezh RV *22 Apr 15 PL-19 Nudol' F2 ASAT Test 22 Aug 15 Topol'-E RV 3 Sep 15 MN-300 Typhoon (geophysical) 28 Oct 15 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs? 30 Oct 15 R-29RM Sineva RV (K-117 Bryansk) 30 Oct 15 R-29R Volna RV (K-223 Podolsk) 30 Oct 15 RS-12M Topol RV 14 Nov 15 R-30 Bulava F24 RVs (K-551 Vladimir Monomakh, missed target) 14 Nov 15 R-30 Bulava F25 RVs (K-551 Vladimir Monomakh) 17 Nov 15 RS-12M Topol New RV Test 18 Nov 15 PL-19 Nudol' F3 ASAT Test 12 Dec 15 R-29RMU2 Sineva RVs (K-51 Verkhoturye) 24 Dec 15 RS-12M Topol RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Apr 16 UR-100NUTTH Avangard (Yu-71 N3 Tzyrkon, Yu-74?) 23 Apr 16 FT V2.0 F1 Third Party CS (Control System) *29 Apr 16 FT V2.0 F2 Spacelin CS (4 engines, lost control) 29 Apr 16 FT V2.0 F3 Spacelin CS (2 engines) 25 May 16 PL-19 Nudol' F4 ASAT Test 27 May 16 CB3-2 2.1 km 20 Aug 16 FT V2.0 F4 Control System Flight Test *25 Aug 15 RS-24 Yars? 4 RVs? 5 Sep 16 CB3-2 Flight Test 9 Sep 16 RS-12M Topol' RV 27 Sep 16 R-30 Bulava F26 RVs *27 Sep 16 R-30 Bulava F27 RVs 12 Oct 16 R-29R Volna RV (K-443 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets) 12 Oct 16 R-29RM Sineva RV (K-407 Novomoskovsk) 12 Oct 16 RS-12M Topol' RV 25 Oct 16 UR-100NUTTH Avangard 16 Dec 16 PL-19 Nudol' F5 ASAT Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 Jan 17 RS-12M2 Topol-'M RV 16 Jun 17 53T6 Gazelle Interceptor Test 26 Jun 17 R-30 Bulava F28 RVs (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 12 Sep 17 RS-24 Yars 3 RVs (IPBV) 20 Sep 17 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs? 26 Sep 17 RS-12M Topol-E RV 26 Oct 17 RS-12M Topol' RV 26 Oct 17 R-29RM Sineva RV 26 Oct 17 R-29R Volna RV 26 Oct 17 R-29R Volna RV 23 Nov 17 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor Test 1w Dec 17 RS-28 Sarmat Ejection Test 26 Dec 17 RS-12M Topol' RV (Aerostat Test) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Feb 18 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor 21 Feb 18 ? ASAT Test 28 Mar 18 RS-28 Sarmat Ejection Test 1 Apr 18 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor 25 May 18 PL-19 Nudol' F6 ASAT Test 22 May 18 R-30 Bulava F29 RVs (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 22 May 18 R-30 Bulava F30 RVs (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 22 May 18 R-30 Bulava F31 RVs (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 22 May 18 R-30 Bulava F32 RVs (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 19 Jun 18 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs? 15 Jul 18 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor (15-18 July) 29 Aug 18 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor (29-30 August) 11 Oct 18 R-29RM Sineva? RV 11 Oct 18 R-29RM Sineva? RV 11 Oct 18 R-29R Volna? RV 11 Oct 18 R-29R Volna? RV 30 Nov 18 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor (30 November-1 December) *10 Dec 18 RS-12M Topol' RV 23 Dec 18 PL-19 Nudol' F7 ASAT Test 26 Dec 18 UR-100NUTTH Avangard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Feb 19 RS-24 Yars RV 4 Jun 19 53T6M Gazelle ASAT Test 30 Jun 19 PL-19 Nudol' ASAT Test (unconfirmed) 2 Jul 19 53T6M Gazelle ASAT Test 26 Jul 19 RS-12M Topol' RV 24 Aug 19 R-29RMU Sineva RVs (K-114 Tula) 24 Aug 19 R-30 Bulava F33 RVs (K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy) 30 Sep 19 RS-12M2 Topol'-M RV ?17 Oct 19 RS-24 Yars RV ?17 Oct 19 R-29RMU Sineva 4 RVs? (K-18 Karelia) ?17 Oct 19 R-29R Volna 3 RVs? (K-44 Ryazan) 27 Oct 19 R-30 Bulava F34 6 RVs (K-549 Knyaz Vladimir) 15 Nov 19 PL-19 Nudol' F9 ASAT Test 28 Nov 19 RS-12M2 Topol'-M RV -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Apr 20 PL-19 Nudol' F9 ASAT Test 25 Jun 20 Vyatka 15 km 28 Oct 20 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor 26 Nov 20 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor 9 Dec 20 RS-24 Yars RV 9 Dec 20 R-29RMU Sineva 4 RVs? (K-18 Karelia) 12 Dec 20 R-30 Bulava F35 4 RVs (K-551 Vladimir Monomakh) 12 Dec 20 R-30 Bulava F36 4 RVs (K-551 Vladimir Monomakh) 12 Dec 20 R-30 Bulava F37 4 RVs (K-551 Vladimir Monomakh) 12 Dec 20 R-30 Bulava F38 4 RVs (K-551 Vladimir Monomakh) 16 Dec 20 PL-19 Nudol' F10 ASAT Test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Apr 21 53T6M Gazelle Interceptor 11 Jun 21 RS-28 Sarmat F1 Test Flight 20 Jul 21 ? S-500 Target 20 Jul 21 S-500 Interceptor 21 Oct 21 R-30 Bulava F39 4 RVs? (K-552 Kynaz Oleg) 15 Nov 21 PL-19 Nudol' F11 ASAT Test (intercepted Kosmos 1408) 4w Dec 21 ? S-500 Target 4w Dec 21 S-500 Interceptor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 Feb 22 RS-24 Yars RV 19 Feb 22 R-29RMU Sineva 4 RVs? (K-18 Karelia) 20 Apr 22 RS-28 Sarmat F2 Test Flight 3 Nov 22 R-30 Bulava F40 4 RVs? (Generalissimus Suvorov) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *18 Feb 23 RS-28 Sarmat F3 Test Flight 11 Apr 23 Topol'-ME F1 Test Flight 25 Oct 23 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs? 25 Oct 23 R-29RMU Sineva RV (K-114 Tula) 4 Nov 23? R-30 Bulava F41 6 RVs? (K-554 Imperator Aleksandr III) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Mar 24 RS-24 Yars 4 RVs? 12 Apr 24 Topol'-ME F2 Alt > 1000 km -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Launch failure + Partial failure ? Uncertain launch date ABM Anti Ballistic Missile Avangard Project 4202 Hypersonic Glide Vehicle FT Flying Testbed IPDT Independent Post Boost Vehicle IRDT Inflatable Re-entry and Descent Technology RV Re-entry Vehicle R-29 RSM-40 Vysota R-29R RSM-50 Volna R-29RM RSM-54 Sineva R-30 RSM-56 Bulava RS-12M RT-2PM Topol', SS-25, Topol-E RS-12M2 RT-2PM2, Topol'-M, SS-27 Topol'-ME, Yars-E RS-24 Yars RS-28 15A28 Sarmat UR-100N RS-18A, SS-19 Stilleto UR-100NUTTH UR-100NUTTKh, RS-18B, SS-19, 15A35P K65M-R Kosmos-3M