Soyuz ST-A/Fregat
Soyuz ST-A/Fregat was the French Guiana launch configuration based on Soyuz-2.1a, adapted for the Guiana Space Centre's safety, telemetry, climate, transport, and payload-fairing requirements and paired with a restartable Fregat upper stage. Arianespace operated the expendable configuration from 2011 through its final ST-A flight in 2020.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Soyuz-ST-A/FregatSoyuz ST-ASoyuz-ST-ASoyuz 2.1a ST-A
- Family Name
- Soyuz ST
- Full Name
- Soyuz ST-A/Fregat
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- ST-A/Fregat
Details
- Description
- Soyuz ST-A/Fregat was the French Guiana launch configuration based on Soyuz-2.1a, adapted for the Guiana Space Centre's safety, telemetry, climate, transport, and payload-fairing requirements and paired with a restartable Fregat upper stage. Arianespace operated the expendable configuration from 2011 through its final ST-A flight in 2020.
- First Flight Year
- 2,011
- Last Flight Year
- 2,020
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Rocket Specs
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 2,810
- Sso
- 4,230
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 4
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 4
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 06:42:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 09:55:25 UTC
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