Tag: Soyuz

  • First launch from Russia’s new cosmodrome declared a success

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    A Soyuz rocket streaked into sunny skies over a new multibillion-dollar Siberian spaceport Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin watching from a nearby viewing stand, opening another gateway to space for satellites, and eventually cosmonaut crews. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with three satellites at 0201 GMT Thursday (10:01 p.m. EDT…

  • First countdown at new Russian cosmodrome aborted in final minutes

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    The Soyuz-2.1a rocket stands on its launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket counted down to launch from Russia’s new Vostochny Cosmodrome early Wednesday, but computers aborted the flight about 90 seconds before liftoff, the Russian space agency said. The historic liftoff has been rescheduled for the same time Thursday —…

  • Soyuz ST-A launches with Sentinel-1B at fourth attempt

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    Russia’s Soyuz ST-A rocket has launched with the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1B spacecraft and four small satellites, following three delays – two relating to unacceptable weather for both Friday and Saturday’s attempts and then a technical scrub on Sunday. In what was the rocket’s first launch of the year from its South American launch site,…

  • Soyuz ST-A launches with Sentinel-1B at fourth attempt

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    Russia’s Soyuz ST-A rocket has launched with the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1B spacecraft and four small satellites, following three delays – two relating to unacceptable weather for both Friday and Saturday’s attempts and then a technical scrub on Sunday. In what was the rocket’s first launch of the year from its South American launch site,…

  • Faulty bracket leaves Norwegian satellite grounded

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    Artist’s concept of the Norsat 1 microsatellite in orbit. Credit: ESA/T. Abrahamsen Officials from the Norwegian Space Center are looking for another launch opportunity for a microsatellite designed to track ship traffic and study space weather after engineers determined it could not safely be attached to a Soyuz rocket set for liftoff Friday. Officials decided…

  • Russian space station resupply mission lifts off

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    A video frame from a live webcast of Thursday’s launch of a Progress space station supply ship. Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket launched Thursday with a Progress cargo freighter carrying more than 5,300 pounds of fuel, water, and supplies for the International Space Station’s six-person crew. The Progress MS-02 spacecraft blasted off at 1623:57 GMT (12:23:57…

  • Photos: Progress supply launch viewed from space station

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    Astronauts living on the International Space Station captured amazing views of a Soyuz rocket streaking into orbit from Kazakhstan with nearly 3 tons of supplies destined for the massive research complex. Sailing more than 250 miles over Central Asia, the station crew recorded photos of the Soyuz rocket speeding above cities and barren badlands downrange…

  • Soyuz aces test campaign at new Vostochny Cosmodrome

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    The Soyuz-2.1a rocket sits on its launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome during tests last week. Credit: TsSKB Progress Russian technicians have finished tests of launch facilities at the Vostochny Cosmodrome ahead of the first liftoff from the new Siberian spaceport as soon as next month, Roscosmos announced Friday. The product of a multibillion-dollar investment…

  • Soyuz launcher puts Russian military spy satellite in orbit

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    The Soyuz rocket carrying Russia’s second Bars-M military spy satellite lifted off at 0942 GMT (5:42 a.m. EDT; 12:42 p.m. local time) Thursday. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A Russian military spacecraft with a high-resolution digital mapping camera is in orbit Thursday after a successful ascent aboard a Soyuz rocket. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off…

  • Soyuz TMA-20M docks and delivers three new crewmembers to the ISS

    Soyuz TMA-20M docks and delivers three new crewmembers to the ISS

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    A Russian Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft launched three new crewmembers en route to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. Launch occurred from pad No. 1 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 21:26 UTC (17:26 Eastern) followed by docking with the ISS six hours later at 03:09 UTC on 19 March (Eastern on 18 March).…