After a delay, the NASA mission control centre in Houston reported that the recently docked Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft had a longer than expected burn on 15 October during a test firing of its engines, which was only shut down when a propellant limit was reached. The...
A Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat rocket was launched into orbit from the launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far east of Russia at 2214 GMT on 25 April 2021. Aboard were 36 OneWeb constellation communications satellite. The satellites were delivered and dispensed into an...
The Soyuz MS-17 capsule undocked from the International Space Station Poisk module on 17 April to begin its return to Earth. Following a de-orbit burn at 0401 GMT on 19 April 2021, the capsule safely landed at 0455 GMT on 19 April near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Crew...
After a technical delay two days previously, a Soyuz 2-1a/Fregat rocket lifted off from the Baikonour Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan, at 0607 GMT on 22 March. The rocket carried the white and blue livery of the launch provider, GK Launch Services. While some...
Russia successfully launched a Soyuz 2-1b Fregat M vehicle carrying the Arktika-M 1 satellite into a highly inclined elongated Molniya orbit at 0655 GMT on 28 February 2021. The Arktika-M 1 satellite was built by NPO Lavotchkin for the Roshydromet (Russian Weather...
The Progress MS-16 cargo craft was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 0445 GMT on 15 February. The spacecraft was carrying cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). The craft used the standard two day rendezvous...
