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The Soyuz-5 rocket will use designs based on, as well as facilities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome built for, the Zenit rocket.

The Russian company that markets launch vehicles commercially says it doesn’t expect the new Soyuz-5 medium-lift rocket to be available until the mid-2020s, despite leveraging existing designs and facilities.

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