Tag: Soyuz
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Arianespace Soyuz ST-B successfully launches four O3b satellites
The Arianespace Soyuz ST-B rocket has launched her mission to loft four O3b communication satellites into orbit on Thursday. The spacecraft are heading to a constellation that is already populated by eight of the birds controlled by O3b Networks. Lift off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana occurred at 18:37 UTC. Soyuz ST-B Launch: Designated…
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Live coverage: Soyuz blasts off on third mission for O3b
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with four broadband communications satellites for O3b Networks. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: O3b satellites prepared for Soyuz launch
Four satellites designed to broadcast high-speed Internet signals to the developing world are mounted on top of a Russian-made Soyuz rocket for liftoff Thursday from the Guiana Space Center in South America. Launch of the Soyuz ST-B booster — under the joint management of Arianespace and Russian rocket engineers — is set for 1837 GMT…
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Photos: Soyuz booster rolls out to French Guiana launch pad
Russian rocket technicians working in the French Guiana jungle transported a three-stage Soyuz booster to its launch pad Monday and erected it upright for liftoff Thursday with four communications satellites for O3b Networks, a company with aims to beam broadband Internet service to the developing world. The rocket rolled to the launch pad from a…
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Soyuz rocket deploys upgraded Russian navigation craft
A new navigation satellite lifted off aboard a Soyuz rocket Sunday and reached an orbital perch 12,000 miles above Earth to test upgraded capabilities aimed at improving positioning services for Russian military and civilian users. The spacecraft will join Russia’s Glonass navigation system, an analog to the U.S. military’s GPS network. The Glonass satellite launched…
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Josh Byerly shares his experiences on being a voice for NASA
Former NASA Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Josh Byerly has talked openly about the public and private process of providing live, continuous, and accurate commentary of high-pressure moments in the world of space flight, bridging the gap between the technicalities of NASA operations and missions by translating them to the legions of followers around the world.…
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The Singing Soyuz: TMA-15M crew arrive at the ISS
Another three crewmembers have competed a fast rendezvous trip to the International Space Station on Sunday. Terry Virts of NASA, Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos and a tuneful Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency rode onboard their Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft and arrived at the ISS after six hours of flight, following launch on their Soyuz FG…
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Soyuz TMA-13M returns crew back to Earth
Another three humans took the orbital commute back to Earth on Monday morning, this time via the Russian Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft. Soyuz Commander Maxim Suraev of Roscosmos successfully carried out his task of guiding his spacecraft toward a parachute-assisted landing on the on the steppe of Kazakhstan, With him were NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and…
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Military communications satellite launched from Russia
A Soyuz rocket lifted off Oct. 30 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome with a Meridian communications satellite for the Russian military. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A Russian military communications relay platform blasted off Oct. 30 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, riding a Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage into an egg-shaped orbit reaching nearly 25,000 miles…
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Russians launch Progress supply ship to space station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Updated after successful docking A Russian Progress supply ship loaded with nearly 5,800 pounds of supplies and equipment needed aboard the International Space Station takes off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Image: NASA TV. Nine hours after a spectacular launch failure that destroyed a U.S.…