by David Todd | Sep 3, 2015 | ESA, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Soyuz, space station
A Soyuz FG launch vehicle successfully launched the Soyuz TMA-018M spacecraft carrying three crew to the International Space Station at 0437 GMT on 2 September 2015. The launch was from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan. The crew carried aboard...
by David Todd | Jul 23, 2015 | International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz, space station
A Soyuz FG rocket successfully launched three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on board their Soyuz TMA-017M/ISS-43S spacecraft (aka Soyuz TMA-17M). Lift-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan, took place at 2102 GMT on 22 July...
by David Todd | Jul 3, 2015 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, SpaceX
After a series of three unrelated launch failures, the crew on board the International Space Station (ISS) finally got resupplied when the unmanned freighter Progress M-028M lifted off as planned from Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 0455 GMT on 3 July...
by David Todd | Jun 29, 2015 | commercial launch services, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz, Spaceport, Virgin Galactic
European launch provider Arianespace has been awarded a contract worth up to US$1.5 billion to launch most of the initial 648 microsatellite internet-communications Ku-band constellation for OneWeb. The launches will take place on 21 Soyuz-ST rockets over a two-year...
by David Todd | Jun 25, 2015 | Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Soyuz
The Aerospace Defence Forces of Russia successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia on 23 June 2015 at 1644 GMT. Aboard was a Persona-class reconnaissance satellite, later dubbed Cosmos 2506, which was being carried for...
by David Todd | Jun 12, 2015 | ESA, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, Soyuz
Soyuz TMA-015M undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 1020 GMT on 11 June 2015 ready for its re-entry the same day. Despite concerns that it had previously made an un-commanded thruster firing while attached to the station, all went well in the...
