List of rocket launches with Fregat upper stage
The Fregat start list includes all completed rocket launches with a Fregat upper stage. For planned launches of the Fregat stage, see the list of planned orbital rocket launches (abbreviation "Fr").
Start list
List as of December 31, 2019
| No. | date | Launcher | Type | S / N | Launch site | payload | Type of payload | Orbit¹ | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 - 2003 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 | |||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||
| 1 | February 8, 2000 | Soyuz-U | Fregat | 1001 | Ba 31/6 | IRDT 1 | Re-entry technology | LEO | Success , 1st qualification flight |
| 2 | March 20, 2000 | Soyuz-U | Fregat | 1002 | Ba 31/6 | Dumsat | Dummy payload | HEO | Success , 2nd qualification flight |
| 3 | July 16, 2000 | Soyuz-U | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Cluster FM6 / FM7 | Two research satellites | HEO | success | |
| 4th | August 8, 2000 | Soyuz-U | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Cluster FM5 / FM8 | Two research satellites | HEO | success | |
| 2003 | |||||||||
| 5 | June 2, 2003 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Mars Express | Mars probe | Mars transfer | success | |
| 6th | December 27, 2003 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Amos 2 | Communications satellite | GTO | success | |
| 2005 | |||||||||
| 7th | August 13, 2005 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Galaxy 14 | Communication satellite for supplying cable television networks | GTO | success | |
| 8th | November 9, 2005 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Venus Express | Venus probe | Venus transfer | success | |
| 9 | December 28, 2005 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | GIOVE A | Test satellite for the Galileo navigation system | MEO | success | |
| 2006 | |||||||||
| 10 | October 19, 2006 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | MetOp A | Weather satellite on polar orbit | SSO | success | |
| 11 | December 24, 2006 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 1 | military communications satellite | HEO | success | |
| 12 | December 27, 2006 | Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | COROT | Space telescope | LEO | success | |
| 2007 | |||||||||
| 13 | May 29, 2007 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Globalstar 65/69/71/72 | 4 communication satellites | LEO | success | |
| 14th | October 20, 2007 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Globalstar 66/67/68/70 | 4 communication satellites | LEO | success | |
| 15th | December 14, 2007 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | RADARSAT-2 | Earth observation satellite | SSO | success | |
| 2008 | |||||||||
| 16 | April 26, 2008 | Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | GIOVE B | Test satellite for the Galileo navigation system | MEO | success | |
| 2009 | |||||||||
| 17th | August 21, 2009 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 2 | military communications satellite | HEO | Partial success: exposed in wrong orbit, stage only ignited two instead of three times | |
| 18th | 17th September 2009 | Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | Ba 31/6 |
Meteor M1 Sterkh 2 Universitetsky 2 UGATUSAT BLITS IRIS |
Weather satellite
COSPAS satellite |
success | ||
| 2010 | |||||||||
| 19th | October 19, 2010 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat-M | Ba 31/6 | Globalstar 73/74/75/76/77/79 | Communications satellite | LEO | success | |
| 20th | November 2, 2010 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 3 | military communications satellite | HEO | success | |
| 2011 | |||||||||
| 21st | January 20, 2011 | Zenit-3F | Fregat-SB | Ba 45/1 | Elektro-L 1 | Weather satellite | GEO | success | |
| 22nd | February 26, 2011 | Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | Cosmos 2471 (Uragan-K1 # 1) | GLONASS navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 23 | May 4, 2011 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 4 | military communications satellite | HEO | success | |
| 24 | July 13, 2011 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat-M | Ba 31/6 | Globalstar 81/83/85/88/89/91 | Communication satellites | LEO | success | |
| 25th | July 18, 2011 | Zenit-3F | Fregat-SB | Ba 45/1 | RadioAstron | Space telescope | HEO | success | |
| 26th | October 2, 2011 | Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | Cosmos 2474 (Uragan-M # 33) | GLONASS navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 27 | October 21, 2011 | Soyuz-ST VS-01 |
Fregat | CSG ELS | Galileo IOV 1/2 | 2 navigation satellites | MEO | Success , first launch of a Soyuz / Fregat from Kourou | |
| 28 | November 8, 2011 | Zenit-2FG | Fregat-SB | Ba 45/1 | Fobos-Grunt | Mars & Phobos probe | Mars transfer |
Failure: the drive unit derived from the Fregat MDU did not ignite.
Fregat-SB was not an independent upper stage here, but the drive unit of the Fobos-Grunt space probe |
|
| 29 | November 28, 2011 | Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | Pl 43/4 | Cosmos 2478 (Uragan-M # 37) | GLONASS navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 30th | December 17, 2011 | Soyuz-2.1a (ST) VS-02 |
Fregat | CSG ELS |
Pléiades-1A SSOT ELISA 1/2/3/4 |
Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite 4 ELINT satellites |
success | ||
| 31 | December 23, 2011 12:08 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 5 | Military communications satellite | HEO | Failure : failure of an advanced level | |
| 32 | December 28, 2011 | Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | Pl 43/4 | Globalstar 80/82/84/86/90/92 | Communication satellites | LEO | success | |
| 2012 | |||||||||
| 33 | July 22, 2012 6:41 am |
Soyuz-FG | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Kanopus-Vulkan , Belka 2 , Zond-PP , TET-1 , ExactView 1 | Three earth observation satellites, technology testing satellite, location satellite | LEO | success | |
| 34 | September 17, 2012 4:28 pm |
Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | MetOp-B | Weather satellite | SSO | success | |
| 35 | October 12, 2012 6:15 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b (ST) VS-03 |
Fregat | CSG ELS | Galileo IOV 3/4 | Two navigation satellites | MEO | success | |
| 36 | November 14, 2012 11:42 am |
Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 6 | military communications satellite | HEO | success | |
| 37 | December 2, 2012 2:02 am |
Soyuz-2.1a (ST) VS-04 |
Fregat | CSG ELS | Pleiades 1B | Earth observation satellite | LEO | success | |
| 2013 | |||||||||
| 38 | February 6, 2013 2:02 am |
Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Globalstar 78/87/93/94/95/96 | Communication satellites | LEO | success | |
| 39 | April 26, 2013 5:28 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | Ba 31/6 | Resurs-P1 | Earth observation satellite | LEO | success | |
| 40 | June 25, 2013 7:27 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b (ST) VS-05 |
Fregat | CSG ELS | 4 * O3b | Four communication satellites | MEO | success | |
| 41 | December 19, 2013 9:12 am |
Soyuz-2.1b (ST) VS-06 |
Fregat | CSG ELS | Gaia | Astronomy probe | L2 | success | |
| 2014 | |||||||||
| 42 | March 23, 2014 10:45 p.m. |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | 112-01 | Pl 43/4 | Cosmos 2494 (Uragan-M # 42) | GLONASS navigation satellite | MEO | success |
| 43 | April 3, 2014 9:02 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-07 |
Fregat | CSG ELS | Sentinel-1A | Radar satellite for earth exploration | LEO | success | |
| 44 | June 14, 2014 5:16 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | 112-02 | Pl 43/4 | Cosmos 2500 (Uragan-M # 43) | GLONASS navigation satellite | MEO | success |
| 45 | July 8, 2014 3:58 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | Ba 31/6 |
Meteor M2 MKA-FKI SkySat-2 DX1 TechDemoSat1 UKube-1 AISSAT-2 |
Weather satellite 2900 kg Research satellite ~ 250 kg Earth observation satellite ~ 100 kg Traffic monitoring satellite 22kg Technology testing satellite ~ 100 kg Technology testing satellite 4 kg Traffic monitoring satellite 7 kg |
success | ||
| 46 | July 10, 2014 6:55 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-08 |
Fregat | 1032 | CSG ELS | 4 * O3b | Four communication satellites | MEO | success |
| 47 | August 22, 2014 12:27 p.m. |
Soyuz-2.1b (ST) VS-09 |
Fregat | 1039 | CSG ELS | Galileo FOC M1-5 | 2 navigation satellites | MEO | Failure: Missed correct orbit |
| 48 | October 30, 2014 1:43 am |
Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat | 1026 | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 7 | military communications satellite | HEO | success |
| 49 | November 30, 2014 9:52 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat | 1044 | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS K | Navigation satellite | MEO | success |
| 50 | December 18, 2014 6:37 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-10 |
Fregat MT | 133-01 | CSG ELS | 4 * O3b | Four communication satellites | MEO | success |
| 2015 | |||||||||
| 51 | March 27, 2015 9:46 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-11 |
Fregat-MT | 133-02 | CSG ELS | Galileo FOC-2 | Navigation satellite | MEO | success |
| 52 | September 11, 2015 2:08 am |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-12 |
Fregat-MT | 133-03 | CSG ELS | Galileo 9 & Galileo 10 | Navigation satellite | MEO | success |
| 53 | November 17, 2015 6:34 am |
Soyuz-FG | Fregat-M | 1033 | Pl 43/4 | EKS 1 | Military satellite | MEO | success |
| 54 | December 11, 2015 1:45 PM |
Zenit-3SLBF | Fregat-SB | Ba 45/1 | Elektro-L 2 | Weather satellite | GTO | success | |
| 55 | December 17, 2015 11:51 am |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-13 |
Fregat-MT | CSG ELS | Galileo 11 & Galileo 12 | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 2016 | |||||||||
| 56 | February 7, 2016 12:21 AM |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS-M (Kosmos 2514) | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 57 | April 25, 2016 9:02 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-14 |
Fregat-M | CSG ELS | Sentinel-1B , Microscope , AAUSAT 4 , e-st @ r 2 , OUFTI 1 | Earth observation satellite, research satellite, small satellite | MEO | success | |
| 58 | May 24, 2016 8:48 am |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-15 |
Fregat-MT | CSG ELS | Galileo FOC-M5: Galileo 13, Galileo 14 | Navigation satellites | MEO | success | |
| 59 | May 29, 2016 8:44 am |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS-M (Kosmos 2516) | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 2017 | |||||||||
| 60 | January 28, 2017 01:03 |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-16 |
Fregat-MT | CSG ELS | Hispasat 36W-1 | Navigation satellite | GTO | success | |
| 61 | May 18, 2017 11:54 am |
Soyuz-2.1a VS-17 |
Fregat-MT | CSG ELS | SES 15 | Communications satellite | GTO | success | |
| 62 | May 25, 2017 6:33 AM |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | EKS 2 | Military satellite | Molniya orbit | success | |
| 63 | July 14, 2017 6:36 AM |
Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat-M | Ba 31/6 |
Kanopus-V-IK Flying Laptop TechnoSat another 70 satellites |
Earth observation satellite Technologieerprobungssatellite Technologieerprobungssatellit |
LEO | success | |
| 64 | September 22, 2017 12:02 am |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS M | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 65 | November 28, 2017 5:41 am |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Where 1S | Meteor M2-1 | Weather satellite | Failure: Missed correct orbit | ||
| 66 | December 26, 2017 7:00 p.m. |
Zenit-3F | Fregat-SB | Ba 45/1 | Angosat-1 | Communications satellite | GEO | success | |
| 2018 | |||||||||
| 67 | February 1, 2018 2:07 am |
Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat-M | Where 1S | Canopus-V 3 & 4 | Earth observation satellite | SSO | success | |
| 68 | March 9, 2018 5:10 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-18 |
Fregat-MT | CSG ELS | 4 * O3b | Four communication satellites | MEO | success | |
| 69 | June 16, 2018 9:46 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS M | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 70 | November 3, 2018 8:17 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS M | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 71 | November 7, 2018 12:47 AM |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-19 |
Fregat-M | CSG ELS | MetOp-C | Weather satellite | SSO | success | |
| 72 | December 19, 2018 4:37 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-20 |
Fregat-M | CSG ELS | CSO 1 | Military satellite | success | ||
| 73 | December 27, 2018 2:07 am |
Soyuz-2.1a | Fregat-M | Where 1S | Canopus-V 5 and 6 | Earth observation satellites | success | ||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| 74 | February 27, 2019 4:47 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b | Fregat-M | Bai 31/6 | EgyptSat-A | Reconnaissance satellite | LEO | success | |
| 75 | February 27, 2019 9:37 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-21 |
Fregat-M | CSG ELS | OneWeb 1 | Six communication satellites | LEO | success | |
| 76 | April 4, 2019 5:03 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b VS-22 |
Fregat-MT | CSG ELS | O3b F5 | Four communication satellites | LEO | success | |
| 77 | May 27, 2019 6:23 am |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS M | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 78 | July 5, 2019 5:41 AM |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Where 1S |
Meteor-M 2-2 Lemur another 24 satellites |
Weather satellite Eight earth observation satellites |
GTO | success | |
| 79 | July 30, 2019 5:56 am |
Soyuz-2.1a |
Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 18L | Communications satellite | HEO | success | |
| 80 | September 26, 2019 7:46 am |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | EKS 3 | Early warning satellite | HEO | success | |
| 81 | December 18, 2019 8:54 am |
Soyuz-ST-B | Fregat-MT | CSG ELS |
Cheops CSG 1 Angels OPS-SAT EyeSat |
Space telescope radar satellite positioning satellite technology testing satellite astronomical satellite |
success | ||
| 2020 | |||||||||
| 82 | January 6, 2020 9:42 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Bai 31/6 | OneWeb 2 | 34 communications satellites | LEO | success | |
| 83 | February 20, 2020 8:25 am |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | Meridian 19L | Communications satellite | HEO | success | |
| 84 | March 16, 2020 6:28 PM |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | GLONASS-M | Navigation satellite | MEO | success | |
| 85 | March 21, 2020 5:07 pm |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Bai 31/6 | OneWeb 3 | 34 communications satellites | LEO | success | |
| 86 | May 22, 2020 7:31 am |
Soyuz-2.1b |
Fregat-M | Pl 43/4 | EKS 4 | Early warning satellite | HEO | success | |
- ¹ Not necessarily the target orbit of the payload - but the path on which the payload was deployed by the upper stage.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Russian communications satellite crashes after a false start ( memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Liftoff for Cheops, ESA's mission exoplanet. ESA, December 18, 2019, accessed on January 13, 2020 .