March 2015
Chasing comets together: the Vega project in the USSR and beyond
...thing the telephone was still working. We started calling the Baikonur power station. We remember the voice of the officer on...In turn, the Defence Minister woke up the director of Baikonur and apparently explained in no uncertain terms that what was ...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... launched successfully into the clear, pitch-black sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Just before the launch, the rocket’s ...scene as the Soyuz rocket lit up the night sky at Baikonur, I reflected on the fact that it was made possible ...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... Artist’s impression of MEV-1 docking with its target Intelsat spacecraft. Launch of MEV-1 on a Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan, on 9 October 2020. Long journey While I now work for SpaceLogistics, the subsidiary of Northrop Grumman...
22 July 2015
Flawless Baikonur launch sees Soyuz head to ISS, reminds of importance of international cooperation
...walk into a bar… Sorry, into the Soyuz spacecraft at Baikonur. A Russian Soyuz FG rocket successfully launched the Soyuz TMA-...mission to the International Space Station. The launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome took place at at 21:02 UTC. The Soyuz, a...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... prior to lift-off. Facilities and procedures at long-established launch centres such as Kennedy Space Center and Baikonur are routine but this is not necessarily the case for the increasing number of spaceports across the...
April 2024
Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Since then, space launch has been achieved from 28 spaceports around the globe, 22 of which remain ...
