Tag: Soyuz
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Soyuz-2-1B launches Meteor-M No.2-2 and numerous secondary payloads
A Soyuz rocket has launched a new weather satellite for the Russian Government Friday, replacing a similar spacecraft lost in a 2017 launch failure. The Meteor-M satellite, accompanied by a host of secondary payloads, lifted off from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome at 14:41 Yakutsk Time (05:41 UTC, 08:41 Moscow Time) Friday afternoon. Friday’s launch placed the…
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Soyuz MS-11 returns ISS trio back to Earth
The Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday and returned NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency to Earth. The End Of Mission events began on Sunday, with a Space station change of command ceremony, during…
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Soyuz 2-1b launches latest GLONASS-M satellite – despite being hit by lightning
A Russian Soyuz-2-1b rocket launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Monday, deploying a replacement satellite for the GLONASS navigation system with the aid of a Fregat-M upper stage. Liftoff occurred at 06:23 UTC, beginning a three-and-a-half hour journey to the spacecraft’s destination orbit that ended with a successful spacecraft separation. During launch, the Soyuz was…
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Soyuz ST-B lofts another set of O3b satellites
The Arianespace Soyuz ST-B rocket has launched the next set of four O3b communication satellites towards orbit on Friday. The spacecraft are heading to a constellation that is already populated by 16 of the birds controlled by O3b Networks. Lift off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana occurred at 17:03 UTC. This launch was designated…
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Progress MS-11 docks to the ISS; Station supplies in good shape
Roscosmos’ Progress MS-11 uncrewed resupply mission to the International Space Station launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday. The first Russian resupply mission to the Station of 2019 launched at 07:01:35 EDT (1101:35 UTC) on a two-orbit, super fast-track rendezvous profile with the Station. Progress MS-11 then performed an automated…
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Months after aborted flight, U.S.-Russian crew makes smooth trip to space station
A Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, sending three spacefliers to the International Space Station. (NASA Photo / Bill Ingalls) NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin finally made it to the International Space Station today, five months after their first trip went awry. The two spacefliers were…
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Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station
For the first time in 2019, humans launched to space aboard Roscosmos’ veteran Soyuz-FG rocket and the Soyuz MS crew vehicle. The mission, Soyuz MS-12, ferried three crewmembers, one Russian and two Americans, to the International Space Station. Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague – two of the crew – launched just six months after they…
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Soyuz MS-12 docks with the Space Station
For the first time in 2019, humans launched to space aboard Roscosmos’ veteran Soyuz-FG rocket and the Soyuz MS crew vehicle. The mission, Soyuz MS-12, ferried three crewmembers, one Russian and two Americans, to the International Space Station. Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague – two of the crew – launched just six months after they…
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OneWeb kick starts massive constellation with Soyuz ST-B launch
Arianespace’s Soyuz ST-B rocket has launched the first satellites that will act as pathfinders to a huge satellite constellation for OneWeb that is aimed at providing full global internet coverage. The launch took place at the opening of the window at 21:37 UTC from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. The Flight VS21 marks the 21st…
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Soyuz 2-1b launches EgyptSat-A – suffers apparent issues – but deemed successful
Russia’s first satellite launch of 2019 took place Thursday, with a Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 23:47 local time (16:47 UTC) carrying the EgyptSat-A spacecraft. The spacecraft has separated, but it was initially unknown if the satellite was in the correct orbit after Russian media reported issues during either the third…