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Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-18
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 9, 2021, 7:42 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission: Human Exploration
Soyuz MS-18 begins expedition 65 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshare
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 22, 2021, 6:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission: Earth Science
CAS500-1 is the first of two South Korean Earth observation satellites. These spacecraft feature the AEISS-C imaging system with a ground resolution of 0.5 m in panchromatic mode and 2 m in color mode. More than a dozen other satellites are included as secondary payloads, among them being the first spacecraft by the Catalan Space Agency.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Arktika-M No.1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 28, 2021, 6:55 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-16 (77P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 15, 2021, 4:45 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-17
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 14, 2020, 5:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission: Human Exploration
Soyuz MS-17 begins expedition 63 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Low Earth Orbit
Proton-M/Briz-M | Ekspress-80 & Ekspress-103
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 30, 2020, 9:25 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission: Communications
Ekspress-80 and Ekspress 103 are communications satellites for Russian domestic communication services owned by RSCC (Kosmicheskiya Svyaz). Express 80 will be positioned at 80° East, and will be fitted with 16 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders to cover Russia, as well as two L-band transponders offering global coverage. Express 103 will be positioned at 103° East, and will be fitted with 16 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders to cover Russia and Southeast Asia, as well as one L-band transponder for global coverage. Both have a design life of 15 years.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-15 (76P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
July 23, 2020, 2:26 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-14 (75P)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 25, 2020, 1:51 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-16
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
April 9, 2020, 8:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission: Human Exploration
Soyuz MS-16 begins expedition 62 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoli Ivanishin, Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where they will remain for their 6 month stay.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 3
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
March 21, 2020, 5:06 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission: Communications
A batch of 34 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit. Eventually it can be expanded to include extra 1260 satellites, for a total of 1908.
Polar Orbit
