Tag: Soyuz 2-1b
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Russia launches Soyuz rocket with Iranian satellite and CubeSats
At 05:52 UTC on August 9, a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M rocket launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying the Khayyam satellite for Iran and 16 CubeSats for various institutions and universities. The launch was originally scheduled for as early as the summer of 2021 but was delayed multiple times. The satellite, named “Khayyam” after…
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Russian military launches GLONASS-K navigation satellite from Plesetsk
The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), itself a division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, continued to build on their 2022 campaign with the successful launch of a GLONASS-K navigation satellite on a Soyuz rocket. The launch, which took place from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia, occurred at approximately 09:18…
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Soyuz launches Russian intelligence satellite from Plesetsk
A Soyuz 2.1b rocket has successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, carrying a Lotos electronic signals intelligence satellite into orbit for the Russian military. Liftoff took place at 11:20 UTC from Plesetsk’s Site 43 on a northeastern trajectory. Lotos-S1 number 5 was deployed into Low Earth Orbit with a separation apogee of approximately 900 km…
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Soyuz 2.1b successfully launches 36 OneWeb Satellites
Starsem, Arianespace, and Roscosmos have launched a Soyuz 2.1b for OneWeb flight 12. Lift-off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan occurred at 13:10 UTC (08:10 EST) on December 27. Also known as ST-37 by both Arianespace and Starsem, the latter is a joint French-Russian company that commercializes Soyuz launches. This year, a…
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Arianespace launches Soyuz ST-B with new batch of Galileo satellites
Arianespace has launched another two Galileo FOC (Full Operation Capability) global navigation satellites for Europe. Following a weather delay on Friday, the two satellites were launched by a Soyuz ST-B Fregat on the VS26 mission on Saturday. Liftoff occurred on December 4, 2021, at 21:19 Kourou time (Dec 5, 00:19 UTC; Dec 4, 7:19 pm…
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Soyuz 2.1b Launches Russian Early Warning Satellite
At 01:09 UTC, or 4:09 A.M. local time in Moscow, a Soyuz 2.1b rocket launched carrying the Tundra 15L early warning satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense. The launch occurred from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Plesetsk is located in the Arkhangelsk oblast. The Cosmodrome has been in operation since 1957 and is…
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OneWeb deployment reaches halfway point with Soyuz 2.1b launch
The initial deployment of OneWeb’s satellite broadband constellation reached its halfway stage on Thursday with the launch of 36 more spacecraft aboard a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket. Liftoff from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Eastern Russia occurred at 18:40 local time (09:40 UTC) on October 14. Thursday’s launch is the 11th in a series of flights…
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Soyuz mission launches 34 OneWeb satellites to orbit
Arianespace and Starsem have launched 34 more internet communication satellites of the OneWeb constellation to a low Earth orbit (LEO). The launch occurred at 18:07:19 UTC (14:07:19 EDT) on Tuesday, September 14 from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat rocket. OneWeb satellites 289 to 322 were deployed into an…
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Seventh batch of OneWeb satellites launches from Vostochny
The seventh batch of OneWeb satellites were successfully launched on a Soyuz 2.1b rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia on Friday, May 28, with liftoff occurring at 17:38 UTC. After an initial attempt on Thursday, the launch was delayed to due to “technical reasons,” and a new launch target was made for Friday. In…
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OneWeb Flight 6 launches aboard Soyuz-2.1b from Vostochny
Arianespace has launched its second mission of the year on Sunday 25 April at 22:14 UTC from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East. The flight carried 36 more OneWeb satellites to Low Earth Orbit on board a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle, operated in partnership with Starsem and Roscosmos. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket made its 56th…