Soyuz-FG | Soyuz TMA-15
Launch Successful
L - -- : -- : -- : --
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
May 27, 2009, 10:34 a.m. - May 27, 2009, 10:34 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
May 27, 2009, 10:34 a.m. - May 27, 2009, 10:34 a.m.
Soyuz TMA-15 begins Expedition 20 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Roman Romanenko alongside Flight Engineers, Frank De Winne (ESA) & Robert Thirsk (CSA) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on December 1, 2009, 07:17 UTC
The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.
Soyuz TMA-15 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 27 May 2009 10:34 UTC. It transported three members of the Expedition 20 crew to the International Space Station. The crew consisted of Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne, and Robert Thirsk.
Soyuz Details
Date of
Birth: April 25, 1961
Age: 62
Date of
Birth: Aug. 17, 1953
Age: 70
Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.
INFO WIKIA batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Note: Name of payload is provisional. First launch of an ultimately 5 reconnaissance satellites for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program A…
Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Note: Payload identity and Cosmos series number uncertain. The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite desi…
Officially described as "Satellite-Internet Technology Demonstration Satellite(s)" built by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Probable 3 (?) test satellit…
A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Malligyong-1c (meaning "Telescope-1") is the third attempt by North Korea to launch a satellite officially declared to be for military reconnaissance…
A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Second test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster is expected to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approxima…