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RUSSIA'S SPACE ROCKET FLEET: To magnify click with the right button (PC) or control click (Mac)

Russian launch vehicle development strategy during 2010s

Overview of Russia's space launcher fleet (alphabetical):

Launcher	Manufacturing index	Base rocket	US DOD designation	Sheldon designation	Developer	Payloads, notes
Amur-5	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Angara-1	14A125	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Angara-1.2	14A127	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Angara (GK)	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
Angara-3	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	TKS follow-on
Angara-5M	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Angara-5P	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	TKS follow-on
Angara-5/UKVB	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Angara-5/KVTK	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Angara-5V	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	Lunar Soyuz or PTK NP
Angara-7	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	LOS
Angara-100	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Avrora (see R-7)	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	RKK Energia	Soyuz-2
Baikal	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Berkut	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	1990s project of a light-weight launcher (2.4 tons to LEO)
Bulat	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	1990s project of a light-weight launcher
Burlak	-	-	-	-	MKB Raduga	Air-launched vehicle (1.1 tons to LEO)
Kosmos (see R-12, R-14)	63S1	R-12	SL-7	B-1	OKB-586	DS
Dnepr	-	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	Small commercial satellites
Diana	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dvina	-	-	-	-	-	-
Edinstvo	ULA-42	-	-	-	GRTs KB Makeeva	5 tons to LEO
Energia	11K25	-	SL-17/18	K/L	NPO Energia	Polyus, Buran, 166GK
Energia-2	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
Energia-3	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
Energia-5K	-	-	-	-	RKK Energia	Proposed circa 2013 to launch PTK NP spacecraft
Energia-5KV	-	-	-	-	RKK Energia	Proposed circa 2014 to launch PTK NP spacecraft
Energia-5V/VR	-	-	-	-	RKK Energia	Proposed circa 2016 to launch PTK NP spacecraft
Energia-M	Neitron	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
Energia-K (KV, KVT)	-	-	-	-	RKK Energia	A proposal circa 2010
Faeton-2/2T	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	1990s project of Russian-produced Zenit with 2-6 solid-fuel strap-ons.
Fregat complex (see Grom)	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	1990s project of An-225-launched Grom vehicle;
Grom	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	1990s project of An-225-launched vehicle for Fregat complex;
Groza	RLA-125	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
Ishim	-	-	-	-	MIT	MIG-31-based launcher
Kaskad	-	-	-	-	KGNPTs Khrunichev	PTK NP (A proposal circa 2013)
Kompas	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	-
Kvant	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
Luna (see R-7A)	8K72	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	E, Vostok
Mayak	-	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	-
Molniya (see R-7A)	8K78	R-7A	SL-6	A-2-e	OKB-1	Molniya, Mars/Venera, Prognoz, Zond 1-3
N1/L3	11A52	-	SL-15	G	TsKBM	L-3
Neitron (see Energia-M)	Neitron	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
Neva	-	-	-	-	-	5 tons to LEO
Priboy	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	Sea-launched; 2.4 tons to LEO
Prizyv (see UR-100)	15A35	UR-100NUTTKh	-	-	NPO Mash	SLA rescue craft
Proton-Light	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Proton-Medium	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
Proton-M-Plus	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	-
R-3	-	R-3	-	-	OKB-1	Project
R-7A/Sputnik	8K71PS	R-7A	SL-1	-	OKB-1	Sputnik-1
R-7A/Luna/Vostok	8K72	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	E, Vostok
R-7A/Vostok-2	8K72V	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	-
R-7A/Vostok-2M	8K72V1	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	Elektron, Meteor
R-7A/Vostok-2M	8K72V3	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	Elektron, Meteor
R-7A/Vostok-2M	8K72D	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	Elektron, Meteor
R-7A/Vostok-2M	8K72-2D	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	Elektron, Meteor
R-7A/	8A92	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	Zenit-2
R-7A/	8A92V3	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	Zenit-2
R-7A/	11A92	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	Zenit-2
R-7A/Molniya	8K78	R-7A	SL-6	A-2-e	OKB-1	Molnia, Mars/Venera, Prognoz, Zond 1-3
R-7A/Molniya	8K78-MV	R-7A	SL-6	A-2-e	OKB-1	Mars/Venera, Prognoz, Zond
R-7A/Molniya	8K78-2MV	R-7A	SL-6	A-2-e	OKB-1	Mars/Venera, Prognoz, Zond
R-7A/Molniya	8K78-E6	R-7A	SL-6	A-2-e	OKB-1	Luna
R-7A/Molniya	8K78M	R-7A	SL-6	A-2-e	TsSKB	Mars/Venera, Prognoz, Zond 1-3
R-7A/	8A92	R-7A	SL-5	-	OKB-1	IS
R-7A/Voskhod	11A57	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	OKB-1	Voskhod
R-7A/Voskhod	11A59	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	OKB-1	Zenit-2
R-7A/Voskhod	11A510	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	OKB-1	Zenit-4
R-7A/Soyuz	11A511	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	TsSKB	Soyuz
R-7A/Soyuz	11A511M	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	TsSKB	Yantar
R-7A/Soyuz-U	11A511-U	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	TsSKB	Soyuz-TM
R-7A/Soyuz-U2	11A511K	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	TsSKB	Resurs
R-7A/Soyuz-2	14A14	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	TsSKB	commercial/military satellites
R-7A/Yamal	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	RKK Energia	Enterprise
R-7A/Avrora	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	RKK Energia	commercial satellites
R-7A/Onega	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	RKK Energia	Kliper
R-7A/Soyuz-2-3	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	RKK Energia	Kliper, cargo containers
R-7A/Soyuz-3	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	RKK Energia	Kliper
R-7A/Soyuz-1	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	TsSKB Progress	commercial/military satellites
R-12/Kosmos	63S1	R-12	SL-7	B-1	OKB-586	DS
R-12/Kosmos	8K63	R-12	SL-7	B, B-1	OKB-586, OKB-52	M-12 space plane (1963)
R-12/Kosmos	11K62M	R-12	SL-7	B-1	OKB-586	DS
R-12/Kosmos	63S1M	R-12	SL-7	B-1	OKB-586	DS
R-12/Kosmos-2	11K63	R-12	SL-7	B-1	OKB-586	DS
R-14/Kosmos-1	65S3	R-14	SL-8	C-1	OKB-586, OKB-10	DS
R-14/Kosmos-3	8K65S3	R-14U	SL-8	C-1	OKB-10
R-14/Kosmos-3M	8K65S5	R-14U	SL-8	C-1	OKB-10	Tsikada, Strela
R-14/Kosmos-U	11K65M	R-14U	SL-8	C-1	OKB-10	-
R-14/Vzlet	11K65MU	R-14U	SL-8	C-1	OKB-10	-
R-16/Tsyklon-1	11K64	R-16	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	-
R-16-based	64S2	R-16	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	Proposal
R-26-based	66S4	R-26	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	Proposal
OR-36-based	8K69	OR-36	-	F-1-m	OKB-52	Orbital warheads
R-36-based	67S5	R-36	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	Proposal
R-36/Tsyklon-2A	11K67	R-36	SL-11	F-1-m	KB Yuzhnoe	IS ASAT
R-36/Tsyklon-3 (Tsyklon-M)	11K68 (8K67S5M)	R-36	SL-14	F-2	KB Yuzhnoe	Meteor, Okean
R-36/Tsyklon-2	11K69	R-36	SL-11	F-1-r	KB Yuzhnoe	US RORSAT
R-36/Tsyklon-4 (Mayak)	-	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	Project
R-56/RK-100	8K68	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	-
Rif-MA	?	R-39	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	Air-launched 0.95-1.7 tons to LEO
Riksha	?	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	-
RLA-120	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	A space station; military polar platform; geostationary platform
RLA-125 (Groza)	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	-
RLA-130/130A (Grom)	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	Lunar spacecraft; The MTKS-1 reusable transport
RLA-150	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	Glushko's lunar base
Rockot	15A35	UR-100NUTTKh	-	-	KB Salyut	Radio-ROSTO, Dumsat, Iridium, GRACE
Rossiyanka	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	Kliper
Rus-M	-	-	-	-	TsSKB	23 tons to LEO; PPTS spacecraft
Shtil-1N	?	R-29RM	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	125-510 kg to LEO
Shtil-2N	?	SS-N-33	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	270 kg to LEO
Shtil-3A	?	R-29RM	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	Air-launched 220 kg
Shtil-3N	?	SS-N-33 (RSM-54)	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	Ground-launched
Sodruzhestvo	-	-	-	-	RKK Energia/KB Yuzhnoe	First proposed in 1999, revived in 2012
Soyuz (see R-7A)	11A511	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	TsSKB	Soyuz
Soyuz-5	-	-	-	-	TsSKB	Original concept of a methane rocket
Soyuz-5/Irtysh	372RN18	-	-	-	RKK Energia/RKTs Progress	Originated from Sunkar concept
Soyuz-6	-	-	-	-	RKTs Progess	Light version of Soyuz-5
Soyuz-7	-	-	-	-	S7	Soyuz-5-based vehicle for Sea Launch
Soyuz-SPG (Amur-SPG)	-	-	-	-	RKTs Progress	Medium-size methane rocket
Space Kliper	-	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	1989-1991 project
Start-1	-	Topol	-	-	MIT	550 kg Zeya
Start	-	Topol	-	-	MIT	1 ton -
STK	-	-	-	-	TsSKB Progress	Proposed circa 2013 for PTK NP
Strela	15A35	UR-100NUTTKh	-	-	NPO Mash	Kondor, Kondor-E
Sunkar (a.k.a Feniks or Soyuz-5)	-	-	-	-	-	-
Surf	?	SS-N-21	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	2.4 tons to LEO
Tsyklon-2	11K69	R-36	SL-11	F-1-m	KB Yuzhnoe	IS ASAT
Tsyklon-3	11K69	R-36	SL-11	F-1-m	KB Yuzhnoe	-
Tsyklon-4	-	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	-
Tsyklon-4M	-	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	-
Ulugbek	?	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	-
UR-200	8K81	UR-200	-	-	OKB-52	-
UR-200-based	8K81K	UR-200K	-	-	OKB-52	-
UR-500K Proton	8K82K	UR-500	SL-12, 13	D-1	TsKBM	Salyut, Mir
UR-500K-L1, L1P	8K82K	UR-500	SL-12	D-1-e	TsKBM	L1
UR-500KM	8K82KM	UR-500	SL-12	D-1	KB Salyut	-
UR-500(?)	11K88-YaRB	UR-500/11S814 (YaRB)	-	-	-	RD-256-based Proton with a possible nuclear upper stage
UR-700	11K87	-	-	-	OKB-52	LK-1
UR-700 Nuclear (Variant "A")	-	-	-	-	OKB-52	MK-700
UR-700M	-	-	-	-	OKB-52	MK-700
UR-900	-	-	-	-	OKB-52	-
UR-1000	-	-	-	-	OKB-52	-
Viktoria	-	-	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	-
Volna	?	R-29RL	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	Submarine-launched 120 kg to LEO
Voskhod (see R-7A)	11A57	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	OKB-1	Voskhod
Vostok (see R-7A)	8K72V	R-7A	SL-3	A-1	OKB-1	-
Vulkan (see RLA-150)	-	-	-	-	NPO Energia	Lunar excursion module (project)
Vysota	?	R-29D	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	115 kg to LEO
Vzlet (see R-14)	11K65MU	R-14U	SL-8	C-1	OKB-10	-
YaKhR-2	-	R-7	-	-	OKB-1	35-40-ton payload
Yamal (see R-7A)	-	R-7A	SL-4	A-2	RKK Energia	Enterprise
Yenisei (Russian super-heavy rocket)	-	-	-	-	RKK Energia/RKTs Progress	Project approved for development in 2018
Yenisei-5	-	-	-	-	GKNPTs Khrunichev	A mid-2010s proposal
Zenit light	11K55	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	1970's proposal of a light-weight launcher
Zenit heavy	11K37	-	-	-	KB Yuzhnoe	1970's proposal of a heavy-weight launcher
Zenit-2	11K77	-	SL-16	J-1	KB Yuzhnoe	-
Zenit-3SL	11K77	-	SL-16	-	KB Yuzhnoe	-
Zyb	?	R-21A	-	-	KB Mashinostroenia	Sprint, Meduza