February 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
... rocket, like a sleeping animal, woke and lit up the night in the Kazakh steppes surrounding the cosmodrome of Baikonur. The engines started liberating an enormous amount of energy that propelled us on our journey into space. The ride...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... space agency Roscosmos, have the goal of seeking traces of life on Mars. The first mission launched from Baikonur on 14 March 2016. It consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter, which will conduct detailed analyses of the Martian atmosphere...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... on the ground make an emergency rescue launch possible. When in the ISS orbit, Russian rescue vehicles from Baikonur and Vostochny launch sites could can also reach the CSS, providing further safety guarantees. In the...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
...dedicated small spacecraft launcher capable of prompt delivery of 50-300 kg payload to a low Earth orbit. Soyuz launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Most of the 21 launches Arianespace will use to build out the OneWeb constellation will blast...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
... of decision-making and dispute resolution. Registration of the Iridium 33 communications satellite, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in September 1997, was accidentally omitted. In February 2009 The Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 communications...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... of a docking tunnel (the cosmonaut had to spacewalk between LK3 and the Soyuz-type spacecraft in lunar orbit). Baikonur, September 1968 - US Gambit KH-8 spy satellite photo of the first N-1 rocket on the launch pad. Lessons for the...
