Tag: Russian
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Soyuz-2-1B launches Meteor-M No.2-2 and numerous secondary payloads
A Soyuz rocket has launched a new weather satellite for the Russian Government Friday, replacing a similar spacecraft lost in a 2017 launch failure. The Meteor-M satellite, accompanied by a host of secondary payloads, lifted off from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome at 14:41 Yakutsk Time (05:41 UTC, 08:41 Moscow Time) Friday afternoon. Friday’s launch placed the…
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Russia resumes Soyuz-FG rocket, Station flights with Progress MS-10 cargo vehicle
The Russian Progress MS-10 resupply vehicle for the International Space Station launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to return the Soyuz-FG rocket variant to flight and resume Russian launches to the Station on Friday. The Soyuz-FG is the same rocket variant that suffered an in-flight failure during the crewed Soyuz MS-10…
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Soyuz 2-1b launches Uragan-M GLONASS satellite
A Russian Soyuz-2-1b rocket launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Saturday night, deploying a replacement satellite for the GLONASS navigation system with the aid of a Fregat-M upper stage. Liftoff is due to take place at 23:17 Moscow Time (20:17 UTC), beginning a three-and-a-half hour journey to the spacecraft’s destination orbit. Russia’s GLONASS navigation system is…
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Russia’s Luna-Glob faces technical, political and ballistic issues
Russia’s next attempt to leave Low Earth Orbit is currently scheduled to liftoff at the end of next year. However, it may be delayed by two years because of a technical issue combined with ballistic and political problems. The Luna-Glob probe will land near the Moon’s South Pole, in the Boguslawsky crater, and is also…
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Russia’s Luna-Glob faces technical, political and ballistic issues
Russia’s next attempt to leave Low Earth Orbit is currently scheduled to liftoff at the end of next year. However, it may be delayed by two years because of a technical issue combined with ballistic and political problems. The Luna-Glob probe will land near the Moon’s South Pole, in the Boguslawsky crater, and is also…
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Next generation Russian crew vehicle enters initial testing
The Russian Federatsiya project – which is preparing the path for the launch of a new crewed spacecraft – passed a major milestone when it recently entered aerodynamic testing. The tests involved a model of the future spaceship and its Launch Abort System (LAS) fitted with numerous pressure sensors. Another milestone was achieved when work…
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Proton-M returns with Russian military launch
Russia’s Proton-M rocket made its first flight in six months Thursday, successfully deploying a Blagovest military communications satellite. Launch occurred from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 04:12 local time (22:12 UTC on Wednesday), ahead of over nine hours of flight to deployment of its passenger. Thursday’s launch carried the Blagovest No.12L satellite, the second…
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Soyuz 2-1B launch with Meteor-M ends in apparent Fregat-M failure
Russia’s Soyuz-2-1b rocket launched with the Meteor-M weather satellite on Tuesday, alongside an international secondary payload of eighteen small satellites. However, the Fregat Upper Stage suffered an apparent failure which will have resulted in the loss of all the satellites. The Soyuz lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia at 14:41:46 Yakutsk Time…
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Russian institute plans all-female simulated moon mission for end of 2015
Following from their Mars-500 “long duration” simulation in 2011-2012, the Institute of Biomedical Problems in Moscow, Russia, has announced plans to perform an all-female simulated eight-day lunar circumnavigation mission by the end of 2015. The test and flight simulation project is called “Луна-2015” (Moon-2015). A simulated lunar mission: In early July, the Institute of Biomedical Problems…
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Russian Progress M-28M completes critical ISS cargo run
The Russian Progress M-28M cargo ship has successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) following its launch on a Soyuz-U rocket. The mission returned the Progress to flight following a previous failure that exacerbated the Station’s logistical constraints, further impacted by the recent CRS-7 failure. Progress M-28M – Its Importance: This mission is likely…