by David Todd | May 28, 2019 | Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
At 0623 GMT on 27 May 2019, a Soyuz 2.1B/Fregat M was launched from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. On board the launch was a Glonass M55S (Cosmos 2534) satellite as part of the Glonass navigation satellite constellation on its way to its operating...
by David Todd | Apr 5, 2019 | International Space Station, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
A Progress 2.1a rocket was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan at 1101 GMT on 4 April. Aboard was the Progress MS-11 cargo spacecraft which followed a “very fast” approach set of manoeuvres ahead of its docking with the...
by David Todd | Mar 15, 2019 | Launches, NASA, Russia, Soyuz
There was a sense of déjà vu for the crew of the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft as it was successfully launched by a Soyuz FG rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, at 1914 GMT on 14 March. Or at least it was for two of the three crew. For Cosmonaut...
by Philip Hylands | Mar 4, 2019 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Soyuz
A Soyuz ST-B with a Fregat MT upper stage successfully launched OneWeb 0006-0012 satellites at 2137 GMT on 27 February. The launch took place from the Sinnamary Launch Centre, near Kourou in French Guiana. The satellites will form part of the OneWeb constellation...
by David Todd | Dec 31, 2018 | Launches, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
A Soyuz 2-1A/Fregat rocket was launched at 0207 GMT from the Vostochny launch site in Far Eastern Russia on 27 December. On board were a variety of spacecraft. The “main payloads” carried were two 490kg Kanopus spacecraft (Kanopus V5 and V6) which are...
by David Todd | Dec 4, 2018 | International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
While the Soyuz rocket has already flown in unmanned condition several times since its failure to put the Soyuz MS-10 crew into orbit earlier this year (the crew escaped safely), it had yet to fly humans since. This has now changed. A Soyuz FG successfully launched a...
