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by m4rtink 745 days ago
Soyuz launches with the crew capsule under fairung and even stacked under the orbital module - it still has a LES[0], that pulls off the whole fairing away & then drops the capsule once clear of the rocket.

A bit complicated but was already used in emergency and worked.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_abort_modes#Jettisonable...