by David Todd | Dec 21, 2015 | Add category, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
The Soyuz 2-1a launch of Progress MS-01 took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan at 0844 GMT on 21 December 2015. The spacecraft is the first of a new Progress-MS design which is an improved variant of the venerable Progress freighter...
by David Todd | Dec 15, 2015 | International Space Station, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz
The Soyuz TMA-017M spacecraft undocked from Rassvet module of ISS at 0947 GMT on 11 December 2015. Aboard the Soyuz were its commander Oleg Kononenko, Japanese flight engineer Kimiya Yui and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. Following undocking the Soyuz had a few hours...
by David Todd | Oct 6, 2015 | Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz
While “Space Cowboys” was a fictional film in the 1990s depicting veteran astronauts rounding up a rogue satellite, “Space Cowboys” might be a better description of the builders at Vostochny Cosmodrome. Already years late because of reported...
by David Todd | Oct 2, 2015 | International Space Station, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, space station
The Progress M-029M cargo spacecraft was launched into orbit on top of a Soyuz-U launch vehicle at 1649 GMT on 1 October 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam, in Kazakhstan. After using the rapid approach technique, Progress M-029M docked with the rear...
by David Todd | Sep 17, 2015 | ESA, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
Two satellites bound for the Galileo navigation satellite constellation owned by ESA and the EU were successfully launched on 11 September 2015 by a Soyuz ST-B (Fregat MT) launch vehicle. The launch took place from the Sinnamary launch site near Kourou in French...
by David Todd | Sep 17, 2015 | ESA, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Soyuz
The manned spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-016M, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 2139 GMT on 11 September 2015, to return three crew to Earth. After its re-entry the descent capsule of the Soyuz TMA-016M touched down at 0051 GMT on 12 September near...
